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Some insiders say Chinese AI is not yet sophisticated enough to spark alarm over going rogue.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

I was three hours away from home and our burglar alarm had gone off late the night before.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

Prophecies about AI destruction trigger an inner alarm that makes it difficult for us to weigh the pros and cons of something that is big and new and scary and different, like AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

“For years, the FBI has been sounding the alarm regarding China’s ambitious efforts to gain technological, economic and geopolitical superiority,” said former Assistant Chief Horace Frank of the Los Angeles Police Department, who oversaw intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

His eyes were wide with alarm, as he sat up in the hay, and raised his hands in the air.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

The institute triggered a warning in 2015 for having rooms without required automatic fire alarms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Gift cards have been an attractive target for thieves generally in recent years because stealing them from stores doesn’t tend to trigger security alarms, unlike boosting power tools or electronics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

If I lose contact again with the team, we have to keep it within the team because I do know that that hit alarms and a lot of people were stressed and panicked.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Their tracking method allowed them to see the Cadillac was on the move, passing through toll booths and military checkpoints, but without setting off alarms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Warning alarms went off in my mind at the sight of Chubs’s nostrils flaring and his lips twisting with anger.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Europe -- alarmed by US President Donald Trump floating a deal with Moscow on European security ahead of the talks -- will also send representatives to Abu Dhabi, as another winter of war approaches.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Iran was also hitting smaller buildings, one sign of the precision that has increasingly alarmed U.S. officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Nadeau, who lives in Belleville, Ill., wound up buying the hard drive at the lower price his wife found using her phone, but he was alarmed by the experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The newlywed bottlewasher is alarmed that his bride wants him to fix the roof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The bears were clearly startled but not remotely alarmed by the flash.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Sheeppox is highly contagious and can spread through a flock with alarming speed.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

One alarming dynamic in the bilateral relationship is the absence of moderating voices on the Chinese side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Those will be needed as they aim to make an appointment whose first priority will be to stop an alarming slide that is threatening to plunge them in to the darkest of relegation mires.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Zainab Johnson believes in optimism — to a somewhat alarming degree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

She had engaged a maid for me, Clarice, the daughter of somebody on the estate, a nice quiet well-mannered girl, who, thank heaven, had never been in service before and had no alarming standards.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier