alarming
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These damaging notions are doubly alarming when one remembers that the target audience for this publication is so young.
From Salon • May 8, 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
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
India has seen an alarming rise in such fraud with the unprecedented adoption of digital payments in the country over the last half decade.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Omnibuses hurtled down the street at alarming speed, and a line of hansom cabs waited at the curb.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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