alarm
Example Sentences
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Naindeep Singh and other community members have approached Fresno police and federal agents to raise the alarm about the extortion attempts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
A series of blunt remarks by three justices in recent days has offered a glimpse into strained personal relationships, ideological divides and internal alarm over how the court is making key decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Her partner managed to paddle to shore to raise the alarm but Mandy found herself drifting "further and further out".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
It came from the subject himself, who responded not with alarm, but with a joke.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
Among its less visible effects was to alarm greatly the three young men at Cornwall Capital who sat on what was for them an enormous pile of credit default swaps purchased mostly from Bear Stearns.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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