bell

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Still, while an 80% dividend payout ratio is above the S&P 500’s average of around 60%, it is below the 90% level that often starts setting off alarm bells for investors.

From Barron's

White, 25, told a trial at the High Court in Glasgow "alarm bells" rang after seeing the interaction between Kimberley and Milne, 39, during a shopping trip with her boyfriend.

From BBC

That day it was her job to ring the bell to bring children into class.

From BBC

By the final bell, the tension had evaporated and the outcome felt inevitable.

From BBC

This outpouring of funds has sounded alarm bells for critics who see these new centers as depriving attention from disciplines they consider more important and which have simultaneously seen a decrease in support.

From The Wall Street Journal