alarm
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Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, whose district includes Pacific Palisades, sounded the alarm in a motion to extend price protections that failed to pass at the Board of Supervisors’ May 19 meeting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
The judgment has been met with alarm by some charities.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Some U.S. officials said the Sparta’s resupply mission didn’t raise alarm bells, because the Syrian government’s ties with Moscow are known and the military equipment is far from American interests primarily in the country’s northeast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Each new alarm like this elicits anxieties and murmurs that souring private credit is about to become the new subprime mortgage crisis.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
She said she always worried about him, but this was more than worry; it was alarm.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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