alarming
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The implications are alarming, since there currently are four industry groupings within the S&P 1,500 index that have trailing two-year alphas of at least 100 percentage points.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
"While it can look alarming, the plant usually suffers no permanent damage. The webs are there to protect the caterpillars from predators."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Perhaps most alarming is that, according to the CDC, 1 in every 5 babies with vitamin K deficiency bleeding will die.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
That sounds alarming, but it amounts to corporate restructuring ahead of his rocket company’s record-setting initial public offering.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
We played the Steinway in the middle of the night, filling the darkness with half-remembered music, alarming the cats and terrifying the hired men.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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