alarm
Example Sentences
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In a Fox Business interview last fall, Warsh signaled alarm that without the right leaders, the Fed wouldn’t make that bold call.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Coming from the mouth of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, those words — and their implications — are jaw-dropping and cause for alarm.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Naindeep Singh and other community members have approached Fresno police and federal agents to raise the alarm about the extortion attempts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
The son of Marie-Thérèse, from the city of Nantes, sounded the alarm after his mother was arrested in Anniston, Alabama, earlier in April.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The disapproving way she’s looking at me sets off alarm bells.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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