alarm

Lately I’ve noticed the press has been sounding the alarm about the possibility of a downturn in consumer spending.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

From a survival perspective, responding unnecessarily to a false alarm may sometimes be preferable to overlooking a genuine danger.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Professor Eric Schickler, co-director of the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, described the level of alarm over election integrity in California and across the nation as without precedent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

When the bees in the detector sniff TNT, they stick out their tiny tongues, triggering an alarm and alerting their handlers to the presence of danger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Oh, God, Fern, it’s just you. The silent alarm went off, and I— What are you doing in here?”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

The institute triggered a warning in 2015 for having rooms without required automatic fire alarms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

So much gas was released that some was sucked back into the engine rooms through ventilation shafts, triggering gas detector alarms.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

"What happened should not be used to generate alarms and disorder," he said, adding that he had called for a report on the damage.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

U.S. finances are stuck in a rut that alarms policymakers, but hasn’t moved them to change course.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

There were some alarms and emergencies, but the combined intelligence of the humans on Earth and the robot in space circumvented disaster.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Some of the world’s leading financiers are sounding increasingly alarmed about an AI bubble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

The Foreign Press Association, which represents international media covering Israel and the Palestinian territories, said it was "deeply alarmed" by false media reports about Bader.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

"We are alarmed by the continued deadly drone strikes across the country that are killing civilians, including children, and that are disrupting essential services," UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Monday, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

That’s according to newsletter editor Steven Jon Kaplan, who is alarmed by what he sees as investors piling into stocks without much thought.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

And although there were seals around for them to hunt, the men grew alarmed when the animals became harder and harder to find.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

The July strikes marked an alarming shift in Iran’s tactics and revealed an improvement in the regime’s ability to sequence attacks and hit targets with precision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

As Ivan and Nina wrestle with their own emotional truths, which range from her mother Nora’s departure from their lives to Ivan’s clumsy recitations of Nina’s childhood antics, something alarming is afoot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

"Twenty-three years later, the alarming consequences of climate change, economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, and shifting consumer behavior have profoundly disrupted the reality on the ground," the association said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Ch Insp Erica Crawshaw said it had been "an alarming and distressing incident" and thanked Shomrim volunteers for detaining a suspect before officers arrived.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Clearly, the mysterious killing force was still in Philadelphia, still working its way into households despite every precaution, still infecting at an alarming rate.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy