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On Monday, Carolyn Tucker got a call from ADT around 3:30 a.m., telling her that the alarm went off at her clothing boutique Newhall’s historic downtown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The museum's alarm then went off around 05:20.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

AI pioneers looking over their shoulders with alarm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

A steady buzz is growing around China as advanced robotics emerges as the next frontier of the global AI boom, encompassing both investor enthusiasm and alarm from rivals such as the United States.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

To make matters worse, the plant’s store of alarm pocket dosimeters, which let out a high-pitched two-tone alarm if the radiation level climbs too quickly, was largely wiped out by the tsunami.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

If nothing else, this weather gives civilians a chance to study up on the NWS hierarchy of hot-weather alarms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

At dawn on the rooftop, alarms of the few cell phones that still have battery wake the neighbors one by one.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Two weeks later, I noticed the fire and safety team walking through the prison, holding clipboards, testing alarms, and inspecting extinguishers.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

The switch has reduced false alarms, he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

She was the last to fall asleep, walking the perimeter of the camp and double-checking the wire alarms.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Some lawmakers in Congress were alarmed by the prospect of a single company locking up a major national-security program for years to come, the people said, and they pushed for other suppliers’ involvement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

But Cohen was alarmed to learn that his discovery was now being promoted by legions of longevity seekers, fitness enthusiasts and wellness influencers as “exercise in a bottle.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The United States alarmed its tropical island territories earlier this year, detailing plans to carve up parts of the Pacific Ocean for mining exploration.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

The UN human rights chief has said he is alarmed by the rise in executions in Iran, with capital punishment continuing to be used "to instil fear among the population and suppress dissent".

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

The idea of Chester Arthur becoming president alarmed many American voters.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

But looking past the daily torrent of alarming headlines reveals another story worth telling.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

Latino men who cut artificial stone countertops in California are falling ill from an incurable and deadly lung disease at an alarming rate, a new study finds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

That’s the bond market’s message to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in recent days, following his sudden efforts to calm an alarming selloff in long-term U.S. government bonds that recently pushed yields up a two-decade high.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026

Deputy Tadier, co-leader of Reform Jersey, said Value Jersey's arguments about the minimum wage were "alarming"

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

After all, I don’t know those Bostonians or San Franciscans or Kansans who have taken ill; the numbers, though alarming, held no personal arithmetic.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson