wake-up call
Example Sentences
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It was also a big wake-up call for families, who may not yet know the extent of the horrors children have faced on the apps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
“The wake-up call was necessary. It’s been very easy for Western powers in recent decades to be lulled into a sense of false security,” Hood said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The OpenAI incident has, as Hugging Face's co-founder Thomas Wolf described it, come as a "wake-up call" for the tech industry since it happened at the end of July.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
"It is a wake-up call for the ANC."
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
It seems early for that, but reveille sneaks up faster than Pop's wake-up call of scorched eggs and charred bacon.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
