on alert
Example Sentences
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With a strong El Niño increasing the odds of big storms this fall and winter, California is on alert for possible flooding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
It’s a fine line because, yes, you may have good reason to be on alert if you hear more stories of your mother giving a neighbor thousands of dollars for doing a relatively menial job.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The global selloff in sovereign debt paused and equity markets moved sideways in early European trade as investors were on alert for further currency intervention after the Japanese yen surged against the dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Tens of thousands more have been put on alert and told to have bags ready to go at a moment's notice.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
In the United States, the Army’s Eighty-second Airborne Division went on alert and prepared to evacuate the Americans by air as soon as the first Ebola cases started popping up in the city.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
