alarm
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His worsening health parameters are causing serious alarm among his supporters, with thousands appealing to him to end his fast.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Due to its illustrious past, the home has been equipped with impressive security systems, including an alarm and cameras.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Many accounts were opted in by default, making their public photos available to the tool and setting off alarm in the entertainment industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Despite the threat of strikes, conservatives in Tehran have watched with rising alarm as traffic that was deterred from crossing during the war now ply the U.S.-backed route near Oman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The alarm stopped ringing and the lights in the lab returned to normal.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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Phone alarms are what get teaching assistant Layla through her day.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Scientists are raising alarms over the planet’s warming oceans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
But what alarms fans even more than nitpicking that exceeds the abilities of the human eye is how often that tech is intervening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The quake was felt as far away as the Colombian capital of Bogota, where alarms sounded and some residents evacuated buildings as a precaution.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The whine of the alarms clashes sharply with the chill reggae music.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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The Saudis, whose bases and airspace were needed by the U.S., were alarmed by the operation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Amanda Martin, MP for Portsmouth North, said she was "alarmed" that parents in her constituency would not have access to the tests.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Grassroots coalitions have pushed for limits in California and nationwide as parents have become alarmed over how digital activities are replacing hands-on learning and peer interaction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Hordes of soccer fans donning Mexico and Korea jerseys were walking down Olympic Boulevard energized but not alarmed in any way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
By the time we leave the shiny painted cars of the first section behind, he looks alarmed.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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"The problem is serious, very serious," Dyke said about an "alarming" lack of homegrown talent.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
It is alarming that we live in a moment of widespread ignorance that CPS caseworkers, like all fallible government officials, are bound by the Constitution.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Trimmed-mean PCE is running materially below core PCE — at 2.4%, versus 4.1% for core PCE — which means the U.S. inflation picture looks less alarming depending on which measure you care about.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland's glaciers is expected to have all melted away by Monday, marking the alarming second-earliest arrival on record of the tipping point known as glacier loss day.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Mary had never ridden in the dark before, and she found the speed even more alarming than by day.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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