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siren

[sahy-ruhn] / ˈsaɪ rən /


NOUN
signal
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The constant air raids are a huge problem for businesses, many of which have to shut their doors every time a siren wails.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The interview was then interrupted by another siren.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

“If I hear a siren, that might change my zen state, but for right now I don’t feel any different.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“If there’s a sudden wave of positive Brilliant Earth content on here, it might not be coincidental,” a moderator warned the community, adding a siren emoji to the post.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

I heard the soft wail of a siren, and I knew the men would be pulling Lupito from the river.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

Garces Perez says the agents twice sideswiped his Toyota Corolla, causing damage, before their unmarked SUVs turned on their lights and sirens.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

New York City residents live with an ambient soundtrack of emergency sirens, subway screeches and I’m-walking-here arguments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"We are annoyed by the sirens because they are constant," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

But so are the sirens, in many tellings, along with the sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

And then, just like me turning around flipped a switch or something, their lights start flashing and their sirens go on, and you bet I start thinking they’re after us.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée




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