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alarm

[uh-lahrm] / əˈlɑrm /




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Now when I have an early-morning flight, I set an alarm on my phone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But it does feel like Justice Jackson is out there at the top of the mountain ringing a very loud alarm bell to say: This is the play.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

His alarm clock, a big and bulky machine that’s Bluetooth-connected to the house’s fire alarm, rattles his room until he finally shuts it off.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

As a natural lark, not an owl, I have seldom needed an alarm clock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

I can’t go back there, now that I know there’s an alarm.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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