canary
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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
The small-cap benchmark has been a canary in a coal mine ahead of U.S. recessions, but one also prone to dying of natural causes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
“She can sense things before anyone else. Like a canary in one of your coal mines.”
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
These problems were the canaries in what proved to be a very deep financial coal mine.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Doji candles in January and May 2018 served as canaries in the coal mine, guiding investors to anticipate a large drawdown.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
“Black women, we’re always the canaries in the coal mine,” she added.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
Viacom were like the canaries in the coal mine because our younger audiences were the first to really start turning towards the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
He told everyone about the songs of canaries, the diet of kestrels, and the extraordinary migration patterns of nightingales.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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