alarm system

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It added that Motin had disabled the alarm system, "leaving him alone to be on watch as the eyes and ears of the ship".

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Change the locks or put in an alarm system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

The cost of "remedials" for the fire alarm system – which was paid for with a £40,000 government grant in 2021 – is expected to be about £100,000.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

Earlier work from Dr. Cubillos-Ruiz and colleagues showed that a pathway known as IRE1α-XBP1 acts like a molecular "alarm system" in immune cells, switching on when these cells are under stress.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025

It was as if Farmer had built himself an alarm system that, with any extended free moment, set off a recording saying, “You’re forgetting Haiti.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French