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alarm

[uh-lahrm] / əˈlɑrm /




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He said it was "right to recognise" the actions of gamekeepers in the Lammermuirs who had raised the alarm when they saw the bird was in difficulty.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

“Somebody is going to fall off of a balcony. All of the things that sound the alarm on: liability, liability, liability.”

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

Maybe it’s unsurprising that one of the first people to publicly sound the alarm about Castaneda was a novelist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Nicholas Carlini recently rang the alarm about the dangers of AI—and now he’s part of a team arguing for the latest models to be released.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

Hundreds of birds nested across the domes and, as they approached, took off into the sky, crying out in alarm.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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