alert
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Local authorities issued a level five emergency warning, its highest alert, on Thursday.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
I have not received a recall alert for broccoli.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Cliché alert: The two become very close and things become very messy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Greek authorities had issued a maximum five alert for fires for much of the Greek mainland.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Mother and Father changed then, too—they were always watchful, always barking at me to stay close, keep alert.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
At a certain point, the alerts begin to blur together.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
One thing I’ve done is to turn off all my alerts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The alerts are in place until Friday evening.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The software also sends reminder emails and phone alerts to prompt people to keep up with categorizing transactions that are automatically pulled in or inputting new ones manually.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
A humming noise alerts me to the fact that the electric current has been switched on.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
The FAA review found that an air-traffic controller alerted Marine One about the American Airlines jet, which was taking off for Pensacola, Fla., but didn’t notify the plane’s pilots of the helicopter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
They were alerted to their evacuation just the day before by Italy's consulate in Jerusalem.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Local media reported that their outfits originally led police to believe that the victim was a delivery driver, but officials were later alerted to his identity.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Montrose Search and Rescue and the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team were alerted to the victim, who was in the Bear Canyon area but whose exact location was unknown, officials stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Everything about them alerted me to one fact: I was their enemy.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Activists have been building maps alerting people where the cameras are.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
About 40 notice boards alerting visitors to blue-green algae blooms, which can produce toxins that make humans ill and be fatal to pets, will be installed at Windermere, in the Lake District.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
As a result, cells displayed fewer signals capable of alerting T cells to cancer-related or viral proteins.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
This is ostensibly a courtesy to avoid alerting current co-workers that you are job hunting, but it means people you rub the wrong way could ding you years later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
The drums will beat from here to Antium, alerting every guardhouse and garrison that I’ve escaped.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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