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alert

[uh-lurt] / əˈlɜrt /






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Residents in Lithuania's capital were forced to take shelter across Vilnius in May after a drone alert was triggered, briefly grounding flights and rail travel.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Amodei's alert came just as Altman said he would not pursue an initial public stock offering this year, saying it would be "ill advised" given the swirling safety concerns.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

Ms. Korsgaard is alert to what such sights might teach her, but she can’t sit still for long.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

While the inconvenience and brutality has certainly kept us angry and alert, there’s little proof it has made us safer.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

“Are you trying to alert everyone in the neighborhood?”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The 13 September incident did not trigger air threat alerts.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

The Saudi civil defence had earlier issued short-lived air-raid alerts in six regions.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

That frees up experienced cyber workers to investigate more serious alerts that require professional judgment, he said: “The work doesn’t disappear; it moves up the stack.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The California attorney general in February opened a civil rights investigation into potential disparities in the fire response, looking particularly at delays in evacuation alerts and resource allocation between west and east Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

The gesture of his head towards the window alerts her.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

The company said it had alerted law enforcement, but declined to discuss the extortion threat.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The group also alerted AFP to additional inauthentic video reports that emerged Monday, seeking to discredit MS NOW's debunking of the celebrity deepfakes.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

Residents said they had been alerted to the emergency by neighbours, who went along the corridors banging on doors and telling people to get out of the building.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

The Nevada Department of Wildlife was alerted of the attack just before 10 a.m., said Kenzie Margiott, a spokesperson for the agency.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

By the time I alerted authorities, Katz would have been missing for four or five days.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who has feuded publicly with Yiannopoulos, celebrated his detention and claimed credit for alerting federal authorities to his immigration status in multiple posts on X.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2026

Question: “Do you recall alerting him to that heightened sensitivity?”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

About 40 notice boards alerting visitors to blue-green algae blooms, which can produce toxins that make humans ill and be fatal to pets, will be installed at Windermere, in the Lake District.

From BBC Aug. 12, 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

A faint ding rings out, alerting me that I’ve just downloaded something into my account.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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