alarm
Example Sentences
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"I'll flinch, I'll go to run. In my job when that alarm is hit. I'm not running away from the danger, I'm running to the danger. It's completely exhausting."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The deaths of three cruise ship passengers during a rare hantavirus outbreak has sparked international alarm -- and flashbacks to when the world tipped into a pandemic six years ago.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Some analysts argue that break-even rates still remain below levels that would alarm Fed officials.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
But as hopes for peace falter and with U.S. inflation hitting a three-year high on Tuesday, analysts are sounding the alarm about dwindling energy reserves.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Instantly the mother duck quacked her alarm and herded her babies into the shallows.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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