alarm
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More than 16,000 people are estimated to have been impacted by this new practice, according to a new report by the Associated Press, and immigration attorneys are sounding the alarm.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026
The visit set off alarm bells in Taiwan, whose government is skeptical of Beijing’s intentions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Mindful of the need to keep the public informed without causing unnecessary alarm, YVO responds cautiously.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Leave your phone downstairs: "Use something else as an alarm clock," suggested Neil.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Whoever had caught my message over the phone must have spread the alarm.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Did it raise the same alarms for you?
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Ross Honeycomb, 39, was staying at the hotel with his family and told the BBC on Saturday how they were woken by fire alarms at about 01:00.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
How he was able to waste away without anyone — including school officials or the county’s child welfare agency — raising alarms remains an unanswered question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
It also raised alarms about Iran’s improved ability to hit American targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
The alarm clocks went off in our house at 7:00 a.m., and after we all silently made a pact not to wake quite yet, the alarms beeped again at 7:05 a.m.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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Americans appear increasingly alarmed by the technology,with 7 in 10 polled in March opposing local construction of data centers that power AI technology, according to a Gallup survey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Leaving her flat, still alarmed by what she saw, she met a neighbour, a doctor who worked at a nearby hospital, St Vincent's.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The article—by reporters Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous, and Maggie Haberman—adds that those commanders are alarmed by how much the war has depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles, including long-range missiles and interceptors to thwart air attacks.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Their rapid improvement has left researchers inside frontier labs both surprised and alarmed by the pace of development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
People looked up, alarmed by a girl appearing out of nowhere, shouting, but I rushed past them, straining to see through my tears.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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To raise money for the initiative, President Alison Byerly said they had to educate donors about why student-loan debt is alarming to today’s college goers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
She said she had seen him frequently on the university grounds in front of her building and had an alarming encounter when he yelled at her in the street the prior week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
After being shuttled in less than half an hour between aggressive air conditioning, a muggy Chicago street and the temperate library, the cup had begun producing condensation at an alarming rate.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Reassuringly for YVO staff, Yellowstone has produced similarly alarming combinations of signals before with no subsequent eruptions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
He was mostly skinny, which made his enormous beer belly even more alarming.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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