alarming
Example Sentences
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There is no shortage of alarming news about AI's impact on young people.
From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026
The danger of nuclear war isn’t top of mind for most people, but it’s just as alarming, if not more, as climate change, unregulated AI and outbreaks of disease.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
"It's alarming that cases of exploitation are being reported but appear to be not properly acted on," she says when we show her Riley's emails.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
The frenzy over Anthropic’s Fable started late last week, when researchers at Amazon showed some safeguards on Fable could be evaded, alarming White House officials, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
But a blackbird, singing undisturbed on the outskirts of the wood, showed that there was nothing alarming there, and in the other direction, along the brook, all was plain to be seen, empty and quiet.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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