alarm system
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The cost of "remedials" for the fire alarm system – which was paid for with a £40,000 government grant in 2021 – is expected to be about £100,000.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
Earlier work from Dr. Cubillos-Ruiz and colleagues showed that a pathway known as IRE1α-XBP1 acts like a molecular "alarm system" in immune cells, switching on when these cells are under stress.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025
The officer who helped find Trent drove him home and suggested to his mother that she try an alarm system, the report said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
Mysterious things keep happening — music suddenly blasts, doors slam, the lights go out and the alarm system roars in the middle of the night.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
It was as if Farmer had built himself an alarm system that, with any extended free moment, set off a recording saying, “You’re forgetting Haiti.”
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
