alert
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She says: "Without fail, after a snoring-induced wake up I would feel on incredibly high alert."
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
They tried but failed, as alert passengers stopped the December 2001 “shoe bomber” and the security measures put in place after 9/11 exposed other plots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The alert in Kyiv has since been cleared.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Another issue identified by the investigation was that no fail-safe system - involving valve position indicators and gas pressure sensors - had been installed to alert the crew that the valve was failing.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
He forced himself to stay alert and to keep shouting.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
The alerts are also disrupting the start of the new academic year and forcing school children to leave their classrooms throughout the day.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The round the clock attacks have forced people to head for shelter as many as 13 times a day, with air raid alerts lasting from a few minutes to nearly four and a half hours.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The women monitor a smartphone app to track alerts for Russian airstrikes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Cases of rabies-infected bats at other national parks produced faster alerts to the public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
A humming noise alerts me to the fact that the electric current has been switched on.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
As he fled the officers, he alerted his friends at home, who called 911.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company said it alerted the collection agency in question as well as the credit bureaus to the mistake.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
The agency said that it alerted the appropriate Illinois law enforcement agency of its findings, and the Illinois agency did not deem it to be an actionable threat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Another factor was the lack of a transponder on the fire engine, which would have automatically alerted air traffic controllers that the aircraft and the truck were on a collision course, according to investigators.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
In all probability the man and woman with the flashlight had alerted the police.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Question: “Do you recall alerting him to that heightened sensitivity?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Activists have been building maps alerting people where the cameras are.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
As a result, cells displayed fewer signals capable of alerting T cells to cancer-related or viral proteins.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
It says UK water companies keep pollution alerts active for varying periods so "for the safety of water users, SAS follows the precautionary approach to keep the current alerting system in place at 48 hours".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
But alerting just those few houses wasn’t enough to tip the alarm.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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