alarm system

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Change the locks or put in an alarm system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

Earlier work from Dr. Cubillos-Ruiz and colleagues showed that a pathway known as IRE1α-XBP1 acts like a molecular "alarm system" in immune cells, switching on when these cells are under stress.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025

Mysterious things keep happening — music suddenly blasts, doors slam, the lights go out and the alarm system roars in the middle of the night.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Previously, when Sterling lived in Cheshire his home was also targeted by thieves in 2018, who fled when the alarm system was activated.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

I was on the other side of the clearing, putting up the string of bells that we used as an alarm system, when she yelled.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline