alerted

Example Sentences

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Authorities say that, before they were killed, they slowed the shooters, sent out a warning and alerted police, allowing dozens of schoolchildren inside the mosque to scramble for safety.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

The WHO was alerted to the emergence of a high-mortality disease on May 5 after the deaths of, among others, four healthcare workers in four days in the area of Mongbwalu.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

About 500 school-board approved layoffs, many in technology support, are in process and an additional, still unclear, number of workers on temporary contracts have been alerted they will not be renewed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

He also alerted subscribers to the Crashes of 1927 and 1928.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

At least then she would have been alerted to the danger—and maybe she would have come back before it was too late.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings