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alert

[uh-lurt] / əˈlɜrt /






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He says this would look at making future alert wording more specific, such as explaining the threat to life with a link to a webpage.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

The day before the alert was sent earlier this month, 19 homes burned down in the west Midlands town of Stourbridge after a wildfire.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

After sign off from Prime Minister Andy Burnham's de facto deputy Louise Haigh, the alert was sent at 19:00 on 14 August.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

"It should be very rare to get an alert," he points out.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

If they’ve figured out ways to control our emotions, I tell myself it’s better to stay petrified and alert than accept any more of their drinks.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Air-raid alerts throughout the day are threatening to make normal life in Kyiv more difficult than at any time since the early weeks of the war, when the Russian army reached the capital’s suburbs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Many grocery stores and restaurants have been opening and closing repeatedly throughout the day because of the alerts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

But Frazer Rhodes, who worked in government across a decade to help build the technology and devise high thresholds for the alerts, feels a review is now necessary to avoid future ones backfiring.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Liu said a while back she signed up to a mailing list that alerts subscribers about rare bird sightings in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Then I noticed the alerts on her screen.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Hospitals in the territory had been alerted, to provide any needed medical attention, it added.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

I alerted the organizations involved in rescuing monuments threatened by war.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The police were alerted to the theft in the evening of 14 August 2024 when a retail assistant at Singapore's Changi Airport realised a blue denim jacket was missing from a display mannequin.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Earlier this year, Main Street Sports Group alerted the NBA, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball that it would cease operations, leaving teams scrambling to cobble together TV coverage for their games.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Olsen told Leila the police should have alerted her.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Activists have been building maps alerting people where the cameras are.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

At one point, after alerting readers that its PayPal account had been frozen, Clark’s company announced on its website that it was “crowdsourcing” funding.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

About 40 notice boards alerting visitors to blue-green algae blooms, which can produce toxins that make humans ill and be fatal to pets, will be installed at Windermere, in the Lake District.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

As a result, cells displayed fewer signals capable of alerting T cells to cancer-related or viral proteins.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

So far the only thing it seemed to be good for was alerting more monsters to their presence.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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