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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

“They tell you to alert the bear to make sure you don’t frighten it. I called, ‘Hey bear!

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Big-words alert: Edwards Lifesciences is expanding beyond its monopoly in TAVR, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, into fast-growing TMTT, or transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Instead of a fixed $25,000 minimum equity requirement for pattern day traders, brokerages will need to monitor their customers’ trading throughout the day and alert them to any deficits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

He was like an early-warning radar, always on guard, always alert, and if that was all he did—watch the forest when I was outside—it would have been enough.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen




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