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alarm

[uh-lahrm] / əˈlɑrm /




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The son of Marie-Thérèse, from the city of Nantes, sounded the alarm after his mother was arrested in Anniston, Alabama, earlier in April.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

It came from the subject himself, who responded not with alarm, but with a joke.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Anthropic postponing the release of its new AI model Claude Mythos, said to be so skilled at coding it could be a wicked weapon for hackers, has encountered a mix of alarm and skepticism.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“Once they started having people in interim housing for nine months or a year, that should have rang some alarm bells, because that’s just not sustainable,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

I threw a look of alarm at Ba.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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