siren
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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
A satisfying puzzle break: What’s a four-letter word for “Those who often hear a siren song”? Treat your brain to some delightful wordplay in today’s crossword.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Researchers also accounted for the Doppler effect, the same phenomenon that changes the pitch of a passing ambulance siren.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
There’s a siren, a taxi horn, music from a window, and a bird chirping.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
Buskers perform on the city's famous Potemkin Stairs, while sunbathers barely flinch as the sirens sound and explosions rumble in the distance.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Tehran hasn’t hit civilian targets in Jordan, but air-raid sirens have sounded multiple times in recent weeks in the capital and other areas, residents say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Air raid sirens were sounded in Bahrain, which hosts a major US naval base, according to the country's interior ministry.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Tied to the mast of his ship as he and his crew pass the singing sirens, adorned on the jagged rocks at sea, Odysseus screams out with pain and desire.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
It was then that Gerald became aware of the sirens.
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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