alerted
Example Sentences
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At the raid last month at my own university, police were alerted by an anonymous tip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Freeman, the Alaska director of the Center for Biological Diversity, isn't just concerned Homer residents weren't widely alerted to these experiments.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
A major incident was declared and dozens of homes were evacuated after police were alerted to three "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
She said someone who went fishing in the swamp alerted the nearby naval base and people in the town about the crash.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
“They would have alerted you, but we gleaned them,” one of the other scythes said—a woman in green with PanAsian leanings.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
