alarm
Example Sentences
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Nearly a million of those displaced are in Ituri province, where the prospect of the epidemic spreading throughout the camps has sparked alarm.
From Barron's • May 29, 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
Those signs of U.S. flexibility have raised alarm from Iran hawks, reportedly including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
There was nothing that set off alarm bells.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
For a half second we just sat there blinking in the harsh light as the alarm continued to blare overhead, and then we sprang into action.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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