alarming
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The fashion-magazine moment is long gone as Miranda deals with such alarming new trends as budget cuts, the imperative to cram her vision into annoying little video clips, and consumer sensitivity to sweatshop manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Its previous owners, Modella Capital, said in January that part of the reason it had to put Claire's in to administration was "alarming" low Christmas trading which left it in a "vulnerable" position.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
The Atlantic’s recent exposé of Kash Patel is full of alarming allegations.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
The e-bike craze, which is putting many people, including kids, in the hospital at an alarming rate, has thus far defied similar regulatory frameworks.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
For the next two years or so Mompesson’s house was haunted by a poltergeist.2 There were drumming noises but also strange levitations of objects and alarming noises.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing alarming
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