alerted
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Senegal last month alerted international bondholders and Chinese state-owned banks that it would need debt relief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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
The chapter said the woman’s friend alerted one of their “sober monitors,” and other members intervened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
OpenAI said it had discovered a "sophisticated recording device" hidden in their San Francisco office and alerted the FBI.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Pattie assumed that relatives would fly into town or that family friends would, once alerted, take over.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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