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alert

[uh-lurt] / əˈlɜrt /






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In addition to messaging on screens, the Stagecoach app sent an alert for people to evacuate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

The US embassy in Mali issued a security alert on its website urging US citizens in and around the capital to "shelter in place".

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

A van driver who killed the passenger of a broken-down car on a smart motorway where the safety alert system was malfunctioning has been given a suspended sentence.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

The alert also included a rough location in the sky.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

He kept alert for any weird footprints on the ground or jewelry-wearing horned toads in the branches of the chaha’oh.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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