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alarmingly



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Argentine choreographer Gabriela Carrizo makes her debut directing opera and utilizes her alarmingly vibrant Belgian dance company, Peeping Tom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Whales were being overhunted, and the price of whale oil rose alarmingly.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

The anticipated decrease in heart disease was not substantiated, and, more alarmingly, they cited “excess harm.”

From MarketWatch May 12, 2026

However, why England's 2025 progress stalled so dramatically, and why the team regressed so alarmingly, is still unexplained, in public at least.

From BBC May 5, 2026

They don't have much of a selection for vegetarians, but I pick my way through a salad and some spinach with alarmingly bright orange-colored cheese sauce.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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