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alert

[uh-lurt] / əˈlɜrt /






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On Thursday morning, a bomb alert at a Calais rail station delayed international and national train services in northern France.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

A woman was arrested early Saturday for allegedly starting a brush fire in the Angeles National Forest during a red-flag alert that had forecasters warning of critical fire weather.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

The government said hospitals in the area had been put "on heightened alert" as they dealt with a massive influx of patients.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Sign up to get an alert every time Jacob publishes an article.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The ding of the gas-tank alert shuts us up.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The first cold health alerts of the season have been issued for parts of England as a blast of Arctic air is set to sweep into the UK.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

Andalusia's emergencies chief, Antonio Sanz, has said the region decided not to use the system that sends emergency alerts to mobile phones because it could not be tailored to specific communities.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The post did not cause major news outlets to send alerts.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Among the measures announced at the earlier press conference by Puente was the creation of software for control centres that would issue automatic alerts and make it easier to spot anomalies in traffic.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Every step of the way would have had beeping alarms, alerts, and warnings.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

The disruptions were brief, however, in part because a message board funded by the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, alerted election officials that the FBI had deemed the threats not credible.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

The group alerted the exchange’s top executives, who convened a crisis team of some 100 employees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The company had alerted the FBI shortly after finding it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Police had been alerted to three suspicious vehicles near the US airbase in Gloucestershire in the early hours of 27 September - a major incident was subsequently declared and dozens of homes evacuated.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

By the time I alerted authorities, Katz would have been missing for four or five days.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

He broke into a different office by mistake, setting off an alarm and alerting the Cambridge Police Department, who arrested him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Its presence can serve as a warning signal, alerting the immune system that a virus may have entered the cell.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Hospital managers have apologised for the significant delays in alerting police about Letby, the paper reports.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

At the moment I get the call alerting me that the deed is done, that Wiatt is officially settled out, I’m driving down Rodeo Drive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

She placed a hand on my chest, suspending my descent, alerting me that she’d heard it too.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline


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