alert
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Lazzeri said the Mexican government is making it safe for farmers and other entrepreneurs to alert authorities when they’re victims of extortion and is using satellites to track illegal logging that creates more avocado groves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
The incident marked only the second time such an alert was given in US airspace since the 9/11 attacks.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
I don’t think you need a spoiler alert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Wales' highest state of flood alert - the "risk to life and significant disruption" severe flood warning - was issued by NRW for the northern part of Monmouth on the Friday evening.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
“G’ma?” he says, not alert enough to get a lid on his panic.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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The first cold health alerts of the season cover the West Midlands and north-west England, external.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Staffers at Railway, a six-year-old company that is used by about five million software developers, were at a company retreat when they started getting alerts about unusual activity on their network.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The post did not cause major news outlets to send alerts.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Among the measures announced by Puente was the creation of software for control centres that would issue automatic alerts and make it easier to spot anomalies in traffic.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Me and Carlos had this stupid joke that whenever we were going to a party, we would set our text message alerts to a crazy sound effect.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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The department said in a written statement that it had received a complaint early this month about the Halloween incident alleging that the two employees may have alerted U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
His availability alerted clubs around Europe, including Barcelona and Paris St-Germain, but Jose Mourinho's Real are considered the clear leading contenders for Gabriel's signature.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
The disruptions were brief, however, in part because a message board funded by the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, alerted election officials that the FBI had deemed the threats not credible.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
A passerby alerted State Parks to the nest on Sunday, a spokesperson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Maybe they’ve already alerted the police or the road department or whomever would need to authorize a crew to get us out of here.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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This week, Think Jerky began contacting current retailers and prospects, alerting them to the sriracha jerky’s Hollywood debut and offering them movie tickets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
He broke into a different office by mistake, setting off an alarm and alerting the Cambridge Police Department, who arrested him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Its presence can serve as a warning signal, alerting the immune system that a virus may have entered the cell.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
It adds that in "none of these cases did the agent actually pursue alerting humans at all".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
I tried to untie it, but when Songololo cried out I had to stop for fear of alerting the soldiers.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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