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alarm

[uh-lahrm] / əˈlɑrm /




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Schrader read portions aloud with a mixture of amusement and faint alarm.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Emergency services are also searching for a teenage boy reported missing in Pickmere Lake, between Knutsford and Northwich in Cheshire, after the alarm was raised shortly before 17:00 BST.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

That same year, Darrell West sounded the alarm on this in an interview with Salon.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Kira Krown, a consumer education specialist at the FTC, says that although scams differ in so many ways, there are a few common characteristics that should set off alarm bells for you.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The first person inside AIG FP to awaken to the madness of his firm’s behavior, and sound an alarm, was not Tom Fewings, who quickly forgot his meeting with Lippmann, but Gene Park.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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