canary
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"In some ways, Irish-medium schools are a bit like the canary in the coal mine," he said.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
They compared the monitoring approach to a canary in a coal mine because it may provide an efficient way to detect major shifts in this climate-regulating circulation.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2026
Honoring her great-grandfather Cole Grove with the canary metaphor of the former, both songs celebrate personal salvation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
The small-cap benchmark has been a canary in a coal mine ahead of U.S. recessions, but one also prone to dying of natural causes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
A new canary is singing in the antique cage hanging by the window, and from the center of the room the glass eyes of Barrabas stare up at me.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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