alarm bell
Example Sentences
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There’s an alarm bell going off in the consumer credit business, but it isn’t necessarily the one you think.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Though this hasn’t yet reached the scale of a pandemic, it’s essentially an alarm bell for any country that values human life.
From Salon ● May 20, 2026
"Every alarm bell for democracy must ring," Prof Shannon Vallor, chair of ethics of data and AI at Edinburgh University, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
"Niscemi is another alarm bell... we must respond by changing our habits" and "choosing not to build in certain ways and in certain places".
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
“You were the alarm bell, Richard,” Henry had said.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
