canary
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Measles is the canary in the coal mine for vaccination and public health, and at this moment, the canary is singing a doleful tune.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
"In some ways, Irish-medium schools are a bit like the canary in the coal mine," he said.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
They compared the monitoring approach to a canary in a coal mine because it may provide an efficient way to detect major shifts in this climate-regulating circulation.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
“We would not be surprised if Cliffwater is the canary in the coal mine and will be the first domino in the ‘bank run’ we foresee,” Rosen wrote in the letter, which the Journal reviewed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
I didn’t know a canary from a condor.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
Or were they particularly fragile canaries in an epidemiological coal mine?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
These problems were the canaries in what proved to be a very deep financial coal mine.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
There were some canaries in the coal mine with back-to-back doji candles on January 28-29 that should have alerted the bulls.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
Since California and New York are two of the biggest states in the country by GDP, “they may be canaries in the coal mine,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2025
In a short time he filled not only his own house but all of those in the village with troupials, canaries, bee eaters, and redbreasts.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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