siren
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Mohamed Adow, director of the Nairobi-based climate and energy think tank Power Shift Africa, said for millions of people across the globe "it's not just another weather forecast" but a "deadly siren to be feared."
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Their engine was northbound on State Street with its emergency lights and siren activated, the California Highway Patrol said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
They got into another convoy of huge black cars, and with lights flashing and a siren wailing, rolled out of town.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
That studio was later used by dancer and choreographer Valerie Bettis, who crafted routines for some of Hollywood and Broadway’s biggest heavyweights, including famed screen siren Rita Hayworth.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
And I didn’t wake until I heard the lighthouse siren singing in the distance and saw the flash of a rocket shot off from Lookout Station, and knew a ship was going down.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
Vocabulary lists containing siren
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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