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are alarming

  • present progressive
    of alarm.
    alarm
    noun
    a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.

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The implications are alarming, since there currently are four industry groupings within the S&P 1,500 index that have trailing two-year alphas of at least 100 percentage points.

From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026

While the list features a few respectable names, a number are alarming, especially that of Brooklyn College’s Alex Vitale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

"While our results are alarming, they provide a vital glimpse of the future, allowing effective and permanent adaptation measures to be planned and implemented," Professor Perkins-Kirkpatrick said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2025

This comes at a time when some bird flu infections are alarming scientists in the United States.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024

You are agitating me, you are alarming me, you are bringing on the singing in my head.”

From No Thoroughfare by Collins, Wilkie