alarming
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Germany’s annual per capita consumption of traditional beer has fallen about 40% since 1990 to 77 liters now — an alarming development for an industry whose origins reach back to the Middle Ages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
After being shuttled in less than half an hour between aggressive air conditioning, a muggy Chicago street and the temperate library, the cup had begun producing condensation at an alarming rate.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Or is it, as The Guardian's Tom Garry puts it, "alarming" for the hopes of the home nations?
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
In February, a company processing debit-card transactions for Polymarket’s U.S. betting platform delivered some alarming news: Fraudsters were flooding the app.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Worry rises on her face as she realizes for the first time that her calls were not only alarming to me, but utterly baffling as well.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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