alerts

Example Sentences

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Alice is in Washington, though, when electronic alerts sound simultaneously in every major country on earth: “gongs, sirens, bells, phones.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Valid from 09:00 BST on Friday to 17:00 on Wednesday, the yellow alerts suggest some minor impacts to health and social services.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The account remained open for more than another year, triggering a dozen further internal alerts about its use by devices in Tehran, most recently in November 2025, the compliance report shows.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Now, there’s a thermal camera monitoring system that tracks the location of whales using AI and then alerts nearby ships to re-route their course in order to avoid hitting them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

A bird perched just a few feet from me alerts me that a new day is dawning.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins