bells

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Some U.S. officials said the Sparta’s resupply mission didn’t raise alarm bells, because the Syrian government’s ties with Moscow are known and the military equipment is far from American interests primarily in the country’s northeast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Bond yields rose this month to levels that are setting off alarm bells across financial markets.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

There was nothing that set off alarm bells.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

She suggested he buy little vintage bells that he now cherishes and displays in his home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

That poem, aptly titled “The Bells,” uses so many different words to describe the sounds made by bells that Mr. Poe evidently ran out and had to invent a new one: “tintinnabulation.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood