alert
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A woman was arrested early Saturday for allegedly starting a brush fire in the Angeles National Forest during a red-flag alert that had forecasters warning of critical fire weather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Families have criticised the authorities' actions, including the decision not to send an emergency alert to mobile phones as the flames closed in.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Anyone who got a letter should be on high alert, people close to her have said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's minister for economy, trade and industry, said Friday that Tokyo had been "on alert" to the risk to Japanese interests in Russia.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Dad was relaxed before, but now his posture is stiff and on high alert.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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The post did not cause major news outlets to send alerts.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Among the measures announced at the earlier press conference by Puente was the creation of software for control centres that would issue automatic alerts and make it easier to spot anomalies in traffic.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Minutes later, channels on the Telegram messaging app that millions of Ukrainians also follow for missile and drone alerts said the Air Alert app had likely been hacked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The Air Alert app is supported by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, and informs users instantly about the beginning and end of defence alerts.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
“That way, if a scout fly spots us,” Chestnutt went on, “we should be able to catch it before it alerts the others.”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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The disruptions were brief, however, in part because a message board funded by the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, alerted election officials that the FBI had deemed the threats not credible.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
The company had alerted the FBI shortly after finding it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
The charges against Strange arose after studio employees alerted the FBI of the theft in January 2025, alleging the unfinished releases were shared to a number of online platforms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Police had been alerted to three suspicious vehicles near the US airbase in Gloucestershire in the early hours of 27 September - a major incident was subsequently declared and dozens of homes evacuated.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Men came running toward them, alerted by the honking horn.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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He broke into a different office by mistake, setting off an alarm and alerting the Cambridge Police Department, who arrested him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
For Lapointe, alerting scientists to the crater has become an unforgettable experience.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Hospital managers have apologised for the significant delays in alerting police about Letby, the paper reports.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman apologized to the people of Tumbler Ridge in April for not alerting police to the suspect’s activity on ChatGPT.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was Mudd’s hope that George would act as a go-between, alerting the police to the fact that his Good Samaritan cousin might just have “accidentally” aided the men who killed Lincoln.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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