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Fresh fighting in the Middle East and rising oil prices have put the European Central Bank on alert ahead of its rate-setting meeting on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Squadrons of jet fighters have been staged across the Middle East, and bomber aircraft at bases in the U.S. and U.K. are on high alert to ramp up operations, according to one of the officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

In the western Canadian province of British Columbia, the entire city of Kimberley has been placed under an evacuation alert, affecting some 9,000 people.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

“Shots are being fired and heavy smoke from the two-story townhome with three units. The middle unit is involved with fire,” the agency said in an online alert.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Stanton ordered troops to turn out into the streets, the guards to be doubled, military forts to be alert, guns manned, and special guards to be posted around the Old Capitol Prison.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

It includes access to an app to flag incidents with other business owners and to receive crime alerts.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

This has included sending congestion alerts to visitors’ mobile phones and encouraging visitors to venture outside the valley, as it represents only a fraction of its almost 1,200 square miles of parkland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

At least 18 states have issued air quality alerts, as they should, because wildfire smoke wreaks havoc on the body, from the brain to the heart and lungs to the kidneys.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Abu Baker, a Sudanese resident of Qatar, said he had been about to go to sleep when he heard the air alerts, hoping the interception would be out at sea.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

The gesture of his head towards the window alerts her.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Los Angeles Fire Department officials alerted that the forward progress on the fire had been stopped, but crews were still working to knock down the flames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it was alerted to the fire in the early hours.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

It was also likely a means to galvanize himself against how that experience alerted him to the omnipresent nearness of death.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026

Japan, which said it was alerted on Sunday that some space debris could fall into waters in its exclusive economic zone, also condemned the launch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Within two hours of the U-boat landing, the Coast Guard alerted the FBI.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

He added, however, that AI agents could prove useful in alerting Wikipedia's community of millions of editors to certain niche news that would otherwise be missed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

The carriages’ union blamed the Central Park Conservancy for not alerting them to the potential health hazard for the horses.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

But that, he said, left out a key element: alerting or informing the public.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

In late April, Altman apologized in a letter to the town of Tumbler Ridge for not alerting police sooner to the activity of Van Rootselaar, an 18-year-old transgender woman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

That’s when they heard the alerting little cough from the back of the car.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez