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alarm

[uh-lahrm] / əˈlɑrm /




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It was not quite a protest chant, but a verbal alarm for the neighborhood.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Although this might raise some alarm bells, last season there was a rise in man-to-man pressure high up the pitch - making playing out from the back tougher.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

A false alarm became part of the narrative when the Heat posted a link July 21 to a scheduled live stream titled “LeBron James Introductory Press Conference” to its YouTube channel.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

A US review panel on Thursday recommended loosening restrictions on the much hyped peptide BPC-157, voting that specialized pharmacies be allowed to produce it despite alarm bells from medical experts over safety concerns.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

When my alarm went off Monday morning, it was accompanied by a text from Traveler.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Long before modern professional police forces, public order depended on watches, constables, alarms, and forms of compelled or expected community response.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

The inquiry also heard staff were relying on infrared Oxevision cameras to help monitor patients, but poor wi-fi connections limited access to information and emergency alarms were muted.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Some people, Johnston added, have medical alert devices, smoke alarms and home alarm systems that rely on the copper networks to work.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

System errors at telecom networks triggered alarms across continents.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

I stopped by the Inspection Office on my way down the corridor, and I being the guard none stopped me from entering and looking till I found the wall-panel that contained the alarms and switches.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

The incident came shortly after another behavioral issue involving Nacua that alarmed the Rams.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Huang sent the BBC a video from her village's WeChat group, which showed several residents looking alarmed as a large black snake slithered on their mud-covered floor.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Arnulfo De La Cruz, who leads a California union representing thousands of home care workers with temporary protected status, said he is alarmed by the Supreme Court’s many immigration rulings.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Yet many frustrated and alarmed American parents are probably gratified that at least their leaders are finally trying something.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

He slings one through the air to Bill, who looks not even remotely alarmed.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Hardware being a linchpin of IBM’s revenue is one reason investors found the company’s recent sales decline so alarming.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The formal subject is the court's budget, including millions of dollars in extra security funding after rising threats against judges and a series of alarming incidents involving members of the Supreme Court.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

"The problem is serious, very serious," Dyke said about an "alarming" lack of homegrown talent.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

It is alarming that we live in a moment of widespread ignorance that CPS caseworkers, like all fallible government officials, are bound by the Constitution.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

I am looking for one person who has telephoned me with alarming calls, but that means thirty-three have not.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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