cause for alarm
Example Sentences
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"So we're watching and monitoring it closely. I don't think it's cause for alarm, but it is cause for focus and a cause to just keep an eye on it. And we're doing that."
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there was concern the incident could have led to the spread of pneumonic plague, but that there was no cause for alarm.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“I don’t think it’s cause for alarm, but it is cause for focus and cause to just keep an eye on it,” he said on a trip to Iceland on Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
At some point, the proverbial Rubicon will be crossed, and there may be serious cause for alarm.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 13, 2026
The two children sleeping peacefully in the bed above her gave no particular cause for alarm, and yet, as Jinny piled her cushions and slipped into her clothes every day, she couldn’t shake her worry.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
