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alarm bell

NOUN
warning bell
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There is an alarm bell going off in consumer credit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

He strategically delayed his alarm bell until his Bharatiya Janata Party won a landmark election in West Bengal state, India’s fourth-most populous.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

"Every alarm bell for democracy must ring," Prof Shannon Vallor, chair of ethics of data and AI at Edinburgh University, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

An alarm bell has been rung by one of Wall Street’s most prominent strategists.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026

A single fly buzzed about, sounding to me like an alarm bell of insanity.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel



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