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[kuh-nair-ee] / kəˈnɛər i /






















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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

Honoring her great-grandfather Cole Grove with the canary metaphor of the former, both songs celebrate personal salvation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

"In a few years' time, I think we'll look back on London as the canary in the coalmine. But I hope we'll also see it as the place where the fightback began," Sir Sadiq added.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

“US bank stocks are a useful coalmine canary, providing a market-based warning about serious problems in the US economy and/or financial system,” Colas wrote.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Georgiana would chatter nonsense to her canary bird by the hour, and take no notice of me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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