siren
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The constant air raids are a huge problem for businesses, many of which have to shut their doors every time a siren wails.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The interview was then interrupted by another siren.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Oleksandr Avstriievskykh, 65, was in his fifth-floor apartment around midnight when the air raid siren went off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“If there’s a sudden wave of positive Brilliant Earth content on here, it might not be coincidental,” a moderator warned the community, adding a siren emoji to the post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Bongo leaned close to the glass and performed her very best fire engine siren.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
At a time when air raid sirens sound constantly in Kyiv and explosions can be heard almost every day, the peace and quiet of the village is what Olena says she needs most.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Karlin now documents her new life on Instagram, bad dates and air-raid sirens alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Garces Perez says the agents twice sideswiped his Toyota Corolla, causing damage, before their unmarked SUVs turned on their lights and sirens.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
But so are the sirens, in many tellings, along with the sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
Heading toward the bridge, heading directly into the chaos, the flames and sirens and smoke.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Vocabulary lists containing siren
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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"The War Works Hard" by Dunya Mikhail
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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