false alarm

Example Sentences

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Chronic pain, however, continues even after the injury has healed, creating a kind of false alarm that can last for weeks, months, or years.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Historical records reveal there were several close calls in the early ’80s, including the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm that could have triggered a nuclear war.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

Others, the sweet relief of a false alarm and disaster narrowly averted.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

However, at 06:38 on Friday, he explained the "unknown vessel" was a false alarm.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

Something in me still hoped it was all just a false alarm.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia