bells

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“Once they started having people in interim housing for nine months or a year, that should have rang some alarm bells, because that’s just not sustainable,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

His younger brother, who lives outside Seattle, also can’t stand stop-start, including in his 2022 Outback “with all the fancy bells and whistles and cameras.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But the alarm bells are ringing within OpenAI’s offices too, which have been locked in “code red” mode since December.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

"The flash Eurozone PMI is ringing stagflation alarm bells," said Williamson.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

“We cheered and cheered again and again, while church bells rang out in a peal of jubilation.”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman