alert
Example Sentences
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The Los Angeles County Fire Department oversaw the response of the Eaton fire, and it has come under intense scrutiny over the botched alerts and limited firefighting resources on the west side of town.
From Los Angeles Times
Police said they were alerted to the incident at the farm on Chelford Road by the fire and rescue service.
From BBC
As a result, newer, more subtle technologies for monitoring—in-home radar instead of cameras, wearables that provide other benefits and only trigger alerts when there’s a real emergency—are gaining in popularity.
OpenAI said it did not alert authorities to the account because its usage did not meet its threshold of a credible or imminent plan for serious physical harm to others.
From BBC
Pham said he belongs to a regional dealer network in which members alert one another when burglaries happen nearby, sharing suspect descriptions and stolen inventory lists.
From Los Angeles Times
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