alert
Example Sentences
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Gwent Police were alerted to what was left of a fire at Wentwood Forest, near Newport, on Saturday 11 May and arrived to discover teeth, 343 small fragments of charred bone and spent bullets.
From BBC
A passerby alerted authorities to a woman in a “state of medical distress” shortly after midnight Jan. 6 near Sierra Highway and Technology Drive, said Lt.
From Los Angeles Times
“Charge her with disruption of the court—and send out an alert for the kids. There must be someone responsible for them.”
From Literature
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Currency markets have been on high alert for intervention after the yen approached 160 against the dollar earlier this month.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
