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alarm

[uh-lahrm] / əˈlɑrm /




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Fox responded on social media in a post that leaned into the absurdity of the situation rather than alarm.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

That should alarm Arab leaders, who have learned the hard way that the price of bread is closely tied to the price of stability.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“Once they started having people in interim housing for nine months or a year, that should have rang some alarm bells, because that’s just not sustainable,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

What is driving alarm "is not as much the level of tariffs as it is the unilateralism," says Petros Mavroidis, a professor at Columbia Law School.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

“We’ve been breached,” Callaway yelled over the alarm.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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