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alarm

[uh-lahrm] / əˈlɑrm /




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Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Thursday that the alarm was raised onboard by an Israeli woman, Tali Manes, who heard a commotion coming from the cockpit.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The couple's daughter, Cheryl, raised the alarm when her regular daily call to her parents went unanswered that evening.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Tech CEOs privately questioned Amodei for sounding AI alarm bells.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Here are some promising approaches to easing alarm fatigue:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The first person inside AIG FP to awaken to the madness of his firm’s behavior, and sound an alarm, was not Tom Fewings, who quickly forgot his meeting with Lippmann, but Gene Park.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

One resident near the intelligence headquarters said the blast was loud enough to trigger car alarms.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Now, researchers are making alarms smarter and less annoying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"It was very loud. It was strong enough to set off car alarms," a resident in a southern area of the city, near the base of the secret service, told BBC Amharic.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

For nurses, the barrage of alarms can be overwhelming, making it easier to tune them out—including when they indicate actual patient deterioration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Announcers reviewed the air raid alarms that would be used in case of emergency.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

For now, China generally seems less alarmed by the types of risks U.S. frontier labs are warning about, Winter-Levy said, but that is partly due to Chinese companies running behind.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Americans appear increasingly alarmed by the technology,with 7 in 10 polled in March opposing local construction of data centers that power AI technology, according to a Gallup survey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

The practice has alarmed de la Espriella’s political opponents and human-rights groups, who accuse him of displaying the dead as trophies and violating international rules that prohibit desecrating those killed in operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Leaving her flat, still alarmed by what she saw, she met a neighbour, a doctor who worked at a nearby hospital, St Vincent's.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Later, her letters alarmed him so much that he cabled her to say she should leave Riverbank right away.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

The La Verne battery fire is much smaller in scale but nonetheless alarming for those who had to leave their homes or deal with the closure of schools due to the potential of hazardous fumes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

To raise money for the initiative, President Alison Byerly said they had to educate donors about why student-loan debt is alarming to today’s college goers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

"We don't do jump scares, really," said McKellan - although I can think of a few alarming times playing the game I vehemently disagreed with that statement.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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

Solomon gets up, leaves his tray disgustedly at the table, and moves out of the room with alarming speed.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini




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