alert
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This week, millions of Brits were sent a phone alert warning them against starting wildfires, scientists found giant whales were moving to Greenland, and there were courtroom clashes during Tupac's murder trial.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“There was very little time between the air raid alert and the explosions,” Petrov said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
A huge area has been blanketed by a thick plume of yellowish smoke, with fumes detected as far as eastern France, where authorities issued an air-pollution alert.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
That, in itself, could be one reason investors should stay on high alert.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
This storm is bad, she types, just in case Mom gets a weather alert.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“LinkedIn’s low-key a snitch for that,” Istomin said about the alerts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
The UK government did not comment directly, but said under the Welsh Language Act, it has to send alerts in the Welsh language first and sends alerts bilingually where possible.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
He said the emergency alerts were sent "just how it should be as it is in every other country who are proud and using their native language".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
A drone flying toward the Lithuanian capital Vilnius the following day prompted air-raid alerts in the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Satellites register changes in the buoys’ position and transmit the data back to a base station, which issues alerts.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
The FAA review found that an air-traffic controller alerted Marine One about the American Airlines jet, which was taking off for Pensacola, Fla., but didn’t notify the plane’s pilots of the helicopter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
A moderator error caused a delay in the removal, TikTok said, but the company alerted law enforcement to the situation, closed several subsequent streams within 90 seconds, and banned the account.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Local media reported that their outfits originally led police to believe that the victim was a delivery driver, but officials were later alerted to his identity.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“We proactively alerted law enforcement to the situation to help get the individual support,” the statement said, adding that the platform banned Hilton’s account.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The White House press officer alerted television networks that President Johnson wanted air time that night to make an important statement on Vietnam.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
The company plans to introduce a “nudge” feature alerting people when others flag their posts as AI-like.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
It says UK water companies keep pollution alerts active for varying periods so "for the safety of water users, SAS follows the precautionary approach to keep the current alerting system in place at 48 hours".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The carriages’ union blamed the Central Park Conservancy for not alerting them to the potential health hazard for the horses.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
“If we can draw this group into the woods, we might sneak through without alerting the others.”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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