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alarm

[uh-lahrm] / əˈlɑrm /




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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

Public interest groups and some historians responded to the OLC memo with alarm.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Many analysts have sounded the alarm that a vast number of Chinese EV firms are at risk of collapse.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“You want to get somebody’s attention really quick? Make the fire alarm go off in your spacecraft when you’re still about 80,000 miles from home,” Wiseman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

It had a sharpness to it that set off alarm bells in my head.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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