alarm
Example Sentences
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The office serves as the people’s financial guardian, reviewing contracts, scrutinizing expenditures and sounding the alarm when the numbers stop adding up.
Renewable energy companies, as well as state leaders, have expressed alarm over the administration's stance.
From BBC
The ShakeAlert system that warns about imminent shaking arriving from earthquakes sent a false alarm across California on Thursday morning for a magnitude 5.9 temblor that did not happen.
From Los Angeles Times
But its reputation suffered from alarming mishaps and an accident in California that prompted GM to pull the cars from several markets.
With Mariah Carey fully defrosted and mince pies disappearing at an alarming rate, families everywhere are poring over surely the most important item in any household - the Christmas TV listings guide.
From BBC
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