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alarm

[uh-lahrm] / əˈlɑrm /




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Naindeep Singh and other community members have approached Fresno police and federal agents to raise the alarm about the extortion attempts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Her son sounded the alarm after his mother was arrested in Anniston, Alabama, earlier this month.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“You want to get somebody’s attention really quick? Make the fire alarm go off in your spacecraft when you’re still about 80,000 miles from home,” Wiseman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Anthropic postponing the release of its new AI model Claude Mythos, said to be so skilled at coding it could be a wicked weapon for hackers, has encountered a mix of alarm and skepticism.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The alarm isn’t sounding in this room, for some reason.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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