alerted

Example Sentences

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Miedecke alerted authorities to the potential of fraud, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The WHO was alerted to the emergence of a high-mortality disease on May 5 after the deaths of, among others, four healthcare workers in four days in the area of Mongbwalu.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

He also alerted subscribers to the Crashes of 1927 and 1928.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The police were alerted after people who knew Bankhardt became increasingly concerned about the conversations they had had with him and a post he had made on Instagram.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Men came running toward them, alerted by the honking horn.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty