alerted
Example Sentences
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Community members alerted the county about the forthcoming facility earlier this year and have protested the plans.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
After confirming the grey-blue bird, he alerted a birdwatching WhatsApp group and by the afternoon, about 300 ornithologists arrived in the town hoping to catch sight of the egretta gularis.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Harmon alerted stakeholders, including Aiello, who was immediately concerned about how the wire might affect a herd of bighorn sheep that migrates across the border.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
She’d alerted White House medical staff after one especially disrupted sleep, she says, and trusted her husband would be examined and treated—but the issues persisted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Our mothers, alerted by the school, were also there.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
