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alert

[uh-lurt] / əˈlɜrt /






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He dashed out of the administrative building and jumped into a golf cart, racing across the school’s sprawling campus to the location identified in the alert, the “E” girls’ bathroom.

From The Wall Street Journal

Everything about them alerted me to one fact: I was their enemy.

From Literature

Residents received no warnings or alerts, and the State Department advised Americans to leave without providing exit methods.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Pregnancy places a huge metabolic load on your body," she says, "so you may have less energy and less sleep and feel less alert and forgetful."

From BBC

Last August, William was alerted that Lauren had been taken to hospital by her aunt who had gained entry to the house after Leo contacted the authorities.

From BBC