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alarm

[uh-lahrm] / əˈlɑrm /




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It was only after Cook hired a financial manager in Los Angeles that the alarm went off in 2008.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Can you make me set my alarm an hour earlier?’

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The inquest was told an alarm on the Warrior had been faulty since 2018.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

"As it turns out, this signal isn't just an alarm, it's also a shield," Dr. Niethammer says.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Now it’s like my body knows to wake up my mind without an alarm of any kind.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Gift cards have been an attractive target for thieves generally in recent years because stealing them from stores doesn’t tend to trigger security alarms, unlike boosting power tools or electronics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

When the psychedelic, entrancing recording first hit YouTube, it listed a credit for AI “artists” in its description, sounding alarms among the band’s loyal fan base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

So much gas was released that some was sucked back into the engine rooms through ventilation shafts, triggering gas detector alarms.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

"What happened should not be used to generate alarms and disorder," he said, adding that he had called for a report on the damage.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

I trusted my instincts, but they gave false alarms every now and again.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“Mayday, mayday, we’re descending 10,000 feet per minute,” the pilot called out from within the cockpit of the doomed Learjet, according to air-traffic audio from LiveATC.net, her voice clearly alarmed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The prospect of a water- and power-hungry hyperscale data centre near areas of the city where thousands of people lack proper access to these resources has alarmed activists.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Col Watson said: "The built-in alarm would have alarmed because the rear doors were open, and had that gone off the driver would have almost certainly stopped."

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The newlywed bottlewasher is alarmed that his bride wants him to fix the roof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The priest was sufficiently alarmed that he had broken the tenet of parishioner confidentiality.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

They’ve already shown alarming signs of inbreeding, including kinked tails and deformed testicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

It certainly sounds as if something is afoot, which the Times characterized in fairly alarming terms:

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

The reports are alarming and deserve serious attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The UN says another 201,000 people have been displaced and that there has been an alarming surge in suspected cholera cases.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

But he had actually come up into my loft, on his own in broad daylight, without any of the family knowing he was here, which is dead alarming of itself.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein


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