siren
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The interview was then interrupted by another siren.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
“If there’s a sudden wave of positive Brilliant Earth content on here, it might not be coincidental,” a moderator warned the community, adding a siren emoji to the post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
She was giving Baby an evening bath when the siren alarm sounded again and she grabbed Baby naked and ran from the outhouse.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
One possible source of comfort is that chip-makers aren’t yet blaring their sirens about a capacity squeeze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
As the sirens screamed again at the central market in Boryspil, Dmyterko pushed her own shopping trolley without looking up.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Garces Perez says the agents twice sideswiped his Toyota Corolla, causing damage, before their unmarked SUVs turned on their lights and sirens.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
"We are annoyed by the sirens because they are constant," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The boys struggle to stay awake, but no air-raid sirens sound.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Vocabulary lists containing siren
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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