alarm system

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Change the locks or put in an alarm system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

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

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

The precautions are for those trying to get out, though to make it even as far as the Wall, from the inside, past the electronic alarm system, would be next to impossible.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood