alert
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As soon as he showed his passport at check-in at the resort, the local carabinieri got an automatic alert.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
In Newport Beach, police posted an alert online Saturday saying ongoing flooding had closed all city beaches and piers until further notice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Treasury cited one of these tokens, called USDZ, in a May alert about how Iran was using crypto to circumvent sanctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"When we hear an air‑raid alert, I pray to God -- and to our air defence, because the life of our city depends on them," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Oddly alert to the possibility of catastrophe, they now felt oddly exposed to one.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
The organisation's flood warning service is available to 181,158 properties in Wales, but new figures show just 48,844 were currently signed up to receive the alerts via phone or email.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Residents across the city said they heard at least five huge booms Thursday morning but received no alerts or warnings on their phones from authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
After receiving the onboard alerts from EP, Li quickly began the initial analysis.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The report says ChatGPT failed tests tied to three requirements of California’s Adam’s Law: crisis referrals, parental alerts and age assurance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
A humming noise alerts me to the fact that the electric current has been switched on.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
That would help make sure you all know where your mother’s finances are going and can be alerted to any unusual transactions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
The artificial-intelligence giant alerted Philadelphia police two months after one of its models submitted the false information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The company alerted the department on October 7, and the two sides met the following day.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Freeman, the Alaska director of the Center for Biological Diversity, isn't just concerned Homer residents weren't widely alerted to these experiments.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Pattie assumed that relatives would fly into town or that family friends would, once alerted, take over.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
It adds that in "none of these cases did the agent actually pursue alerting humans at all".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who has feuded publicly with Yiannopoulos, celebrated his detention and claimed credit for alerting federal authorities to his immigration status in multiple posts on X.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Over the past several years, Russia has compiled a database of all men of military age eligible to serve, and has started alerting those who have to appear at the recruitment office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Its products also recently started recognizing designated people and alerting the homeowner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“She did sell her house, buy an RV, and take you across four state lines without alerting either of us to her sickness.”
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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