alarm system

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Liverpool City Council said it had visited the building "informally" in February 2023 "to check room sizes for intended occupancy" and whether the fire alarm system was suitable.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Change the locks or put in an alarm system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 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

He thinks of the alarm system now installed in his parents’ house, wonders why they cannot relax about their physical surroundings in the same way.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri