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alert

[uh-lurt] / əˈlɜrt /






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In a sign of the near-constant threat the city now faces, an air raid alert rang out as Klitschko was speaking to AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Type I interferons are signaling proteins that help alert cells when an infection is developing and form an important part of the body's early defenses against viruses and other pathogens.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

It was only older ChatGPT accounts with "weeks of accumulated conversation history on sensitive topics" that would result in a parental alert.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

California authorities had in early September issued an Amber alert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

He forced himself to stay alert and to keep shouting.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

After receiving the onboard alerts from EP, Li quickly began the initial analysis.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

"ChatGPT for Teens could give parents false confidence in guardrails and safety alerts that frequently don't work," Tom Siegel, who leads the Youth AI Safety Institute within Common Sense, said.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

After dangerous discussions that went as long as an hour, only a handful of alerts were sent to the accounts registered as the users’ parents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

At the Yeezy beauty salon in downtown Kyiv, no clients have canceled their appointments today, despite five air-raid alerts so far.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Then I noticed the alerts on her screen.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

True to his mission, Kenig got behind the steering wheel and raced towards the Gaza border in the early hours of October 7, 2023 after a colleague alerted him to what was happening.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

The US did not give a reason for the withdrawal, but it follows a major incident on 27 September when police were alerted to three "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase in Gloucestershire.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

He does not know if or when Walker was alerted to that possibility, or if that was the reason for the killings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Although students were alerted to the allegations, they never received the results of the school’s investigation.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

"That's your father when he was your age. We alerted the police in Chennai city. They're too busy to search for every poor child who goes missing, but it helped that we filed a report."

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

For Lapointe, alerting scientists to the crater has become an unforgettable experience.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

It adds that in "none of these cases did the agent actually pursue alerting humans at all".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

As a result, cells displayed fewer signals capable of alerting T cells to cancer-related or viral proteins.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

“She did sell her house, buy an RV, and take you across four state lines without alerting either of us to her sickness.”

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone




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