alerted
Example Sentences
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The orangutans were rescued early on Tuesday in Balasore district after local people spotted them and alerted forest officials.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Around 5:20 p.m., officials were alerted to a Cessna plane that caught fire when it crash-landed onto one of three airstrips at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The company said it alerted the collection agency in question as well as the credit bureaus to the mistake.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
Another factor was the lack of a transponder on the fire engine, which would have automatically alerted air traffic controllers that the aircraft and the truck were on a collision course, according to investigators.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
It was high ground, and many residents had evacuated there when the high-low siren had alerted them that a flood was coming.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
