alerted
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The company had alerted the FBI shortly after finding it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
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
This alerted the Daily Mail and Mail Online to the fact that he was in Cyprus.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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
My answer seems to satisfy them, but now both of them have been alerted to my eating patterns, and watch my plate like it’s a time bomb.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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