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alert

[uh-lurt] / əˈlɜrt /






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The Los Angeles Fire Department issued an alert at 6:42 p.m. for a report of a hiker in grave medical condition off Nichols Canyon Road near Hollywood Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The Pasadena community was on high alert Friday after a mountain lion was spotted lounging near an elementary and middle school and a packed graduation ceremony, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Sturgeon told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: "I reject completely the notion that people were trying to alert the party to the kind of behaviour that Peter pled guilty to on Monday."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

That escalation returned an oil market that many analysts had described as complacent to the conflict back on high alert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

One afternoon, when she was very alert, one of the letters made her laugh.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga




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