alarm
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The researchers also followed a natural cellular "alarm" signal that marks damaged DNA and attracts the machinery needed to repair it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
Antonio Neri rises at 5:45 each day without an alarm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Meta's shares sank about nine percent Thursday after this week's results stoked alarm over its spending.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Rather than being another cause for alarm, Roos said the latest developments concerning options dealers’ positioning should give investors hope that this momentum-driven drawdown may be nearing a turning point.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
The alarm sounded as she flung open the door and started sprinting down the sidewalk.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
It could also provide enough electricity for off-grid devices requiring little power, such as sensors to detect pest damage to farmland, overflowing rivers, landslides or even burglar alarms.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Late on Friday, my phone started buzzing with alarms from the speech.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
Long before modern professional police forces, public order depended on watches, constables, alarms, and forms of compelled or expected community response.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
It was blamed in part on the building’s highly flammable cladding and lack of alarms, sprinklers and a fire escape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Closer by was the wail of fire alarms and the beep of the hose trucks.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"I was then alarmed with all the fire people about."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Economists at Bank of America were also alarmed, in a separate note to clients.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Mothers and fathers nationwide are alarmed by dwindling recess time and calling upon school administrators to restore it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“We weren’t seeing many soils with concerning elevated levels of metal, so gardeners should not be too alarmed when these things happen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
While she and the baby studied each other for the first time, I cleaned up the bed and tended to Perilee as best I could, trying not to be alarmed at the amount of blood.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
"Your heart might be beating faster, you're sweating more, and all of that feels so alarming when you're anxious," Lauren says.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
We are losing our bees at an alarming rate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Watch: Why is the OpenAI cyber-attack so alarming?
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The outbreak has spread to at least five provinces, alarming responders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Books and pencils and porridge oats get dearer by the day, and the girls go through embroidery floss at an alarming rate.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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