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alarm

[uh-lahrm] / əˈlɑrm /




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Marsh, the biggest global insurance broker, which acts on behalf of companies negotiating with insurers, this month sounded the alarm on exclusions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Recent action for bonds issued by CoreWeave has raised an alarm for investors involved in the artificial-intelligence build-out trade.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

So he may have been caught by surprise when the news of the plan was met in the evangelical world with ambivalence, wariness, and, occasionally, alarm.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

France's e-Enfance association, which operates the national hotline for victims of online abuse, has also sounded the alarm about videos recorded with camera-equipped glasses and shared online.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

At Volk Field in Wisconsin the wrong alarm sounded.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Their tracking method allowed them to see the Cadillac was on the move, passing through toll booths and military checkpoints, but without setting off alarms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, Eurozone wages are not rising at a rate that would trigger inflation alarms, European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

The alarms keep patients from getting sleep and overwhelm nurses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Car horns were beeping from alarms that had short-circuited.”

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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

When he launched the app on his phone for the webcam outside his coop, he was alarmed to see that its language had been switched to Arabic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

The picture of the former prince looking alarmed while lying back in a car after being released from custody is splashed across its front.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The paper says it comes after ministers "became alarmed at forecasts that show bills rising by hundreds of pounds in January"

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

While she and the baby studied each other for the first time, I cleaned up the bed and tended to Perilee as best I could, trying not to be alarmed at the amount of blood.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Neighbors noted the family of two was reserved and unsociable, but that their behavior was never alarming.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Earnings season kicks off Tuesday with big banks in focus, but tech is stealing the spotlight, with that sector set to continue selling off following an alarming slump in Korean chip stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

"What is alarming is that he seems to have attempted a cover-up, dragging in officials and Transport Scotland," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

That’s why news this week that Greenland was planning to cull 1,000 Greenland sharks was so alarming to many online.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

We played the Steinway in the middle of the night, filling the darkness with half-remembered music, alarming the cats and terrifying the hired men.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn


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