alert
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However, he said other collaboration with US continues, adding: "Intelligence data keeps flowing, and the issue is solely with the air raid alert component."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Last week, Croatia and Germany both scrambled fighter jets after a commercial flight from the Greek holiday island of Corfu to the German city of Nuremberg accidentally sent out a hijacking alert.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Fires in Indonesia that have sent toxic smoke and disrupted daily life across Southeast Asia have triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc's meteorological monitor.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
From “honey pots” to insider threats, Silicon Valley was on espionage alert even before the FBI’s arrest of an OpenAI employee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
She noticed a police sniper crawling into position on a rooftop across the street and pointed it out to Sydney and Kat who nodded silently, as if speaking aloud might alert the criminals.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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Air raid alerts, which sound around the clock and can last hours, complicate repairs, he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Better-tailored air alerts can limit the number of businesses that have to shut down and avoid sending civilians to shelters unless a threat is imminent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Their earliest soft X-ray emission has been far more difficult to observe because most narrow-field X-ray telescopes depend on gamma-ray alerts to locate a burst before turning toward it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
"ChatGPT for Teens could give parents false confidence in guardrails and safety alerts that frequently don't work," Tom Siegel, who leads the Youth AI Safety Institute within Common Sense, said.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
It was decided the open floor plan should be less professional, and bright, like a day care, so the heralds wouldn’t drive themselves crazy as they delivered End Day alerts in cramped cubicles.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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Orantes also expressed frustration with the handling of her father’s arrest — to which federal authorities had clearly alerted some media, who were brought along for the raid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
He might simply have alerted the local authorities to a feral, barefoot witch roaming his property.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Sheila Miller, a spokesperson at the Bend Police Department, told journalists that officers were alerted to respond to a critical scene at 1:00 pm local time, and that police arrived about two minutes later.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
She alerted her husband when she began to feel an acute pain followed by a tingling sensation in her right arm.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The White House press officer alerted television networks that President Johnson wanted air time that night to make an important statement on Vietnam.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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For Lapointe, alerting scientists to the crater has become an unforgettable experience.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who has feuded publicly with Yiannopoulos, celebrated his detention and claimed credit for alerting federal authorities to his immigration status in multiple posts on X.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Over the past several years, Russia has compiled a database of all men of military age eligible to serve, and has started alerting those who have to appear at the recruitment office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
About 40 notice boards alerting visitors to blue-green algae blooms, which can produce toxins that make humans ill and be fatal to pets, will be installed at Windermere, in the Lake District.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Was it stealing, to wait as Tree-ear had for more rice to fall before alerting the man that his rice bag was leaking?
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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