Example Sentences
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Long before modern professional police forces, public order depended on watches, constables, alarms, and forms of compelled or expected community response.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Come the spring, volunteers will again be setting their alarms, this time to sow their precious crop.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Some people, Johnston added, have medical alert devices, smoke alarms and home alarm systems that rely on the copper networks to work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
System errors at telecom networks triggered alarms across continents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
A second later there was an ear-shattering boom that momentarily drowned out the alarms.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
