siren
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“If there’s a sudden wave of positive Brilliant Earth content on here, it might not be coincidental,” a moderator warned the Reddit community devoted to jewelry, accompanying the message with a siren emoji.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tur said that even though the speakers are front-facing, the siren blast is omnidirectional, meaning even those moving the opposite way can feel the Rumbler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
When Gawat corrected the AI, its tone shifted to urgency, telling him to start taking a vitamin D supplement “immediately,” with a red siren emoji.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Cosmo itched so much from allergies that he constantly scratched himself raw and unleashed a howl when we were gone for too long, so loud and haunting that my neighbor thought it was a siren.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Suddenly, he heard a wailing police siren screaming up the street.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
In Izyum, some 30 kilometres from Russian troops, air raid sirens sound multiple times a day, temporarily closing the stations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Unverified images on social media show large plumes of smoke and flames rising into the sky in daytime, with air raid sirens howling in the background.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
By comparison, modern-day insulated car interiors offer aural bliss, but they’re dampening the sound of emergency sirens, law enforcement agencies maintain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
As reporters went through security, we heard the sound of sirens outside - indicating the arrival of the accused.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Fire and emergency sirens were commonplace in the neighborhood—the city’s largest hospital was just around the corner.
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
Vocabulary lists containing siren
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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