siren
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The constant air raids are a huge problem for businesses, many of which have to shut their doors every time a siren wails.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The interview was then interrupted by another siren.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Oleksandr Avstriievskykh, 65, was in his fifth-floor apartment around midnight when the air raid siren went off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“If I hear a siren, that might change my zen state, but for right now I don’t feel any different.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Somewhere near, in this craziness that is The Angels, I hear a siren.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
But so are the sirens, in many tellings, along with the sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
Ghizlan Saad, a Bahraini mother of two, said the sirens woke her family in the middle of the night, "bringing back memories of the attacks, of the fear and apprehension".
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Head teacher Dawadi says better warning systems, including sirens and evacuation alerts, could have helped residents respond sooner.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
They heard sirens, then dozens of police cars arriving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The fire is so loud and hot and huge that I don’t hear the sirens, don’t notice a fire truck until it pulls up almost next to me.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Vocabulary lists containing siren
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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"The War Works Hard" by Dunya Mikhail
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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