alerted
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True to his mission, Kenig got behind the steering wheel and raced towards the Gaza border in the early hours of October 7, 2023 after a colleague alerted him to what was happening.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
He does not know if or when Walker was alerted to that possibility, or if that was the reason for the killings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Although students were alerted to the allegations, they never received the results of the school’s investigation.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
The BBC understands that one of the men had dialled 999 himself, about an hour before a local farmer alerted police to a "large group" of masked men near the vehicles.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Maybe they’ve already alerted the police or the road department or whomever would need to authorize a crew to get us out of here.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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