raise/sound the alarm
idiom
: to warn people
Economists have raised/sounded the alarm about a possible recession.
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March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month — a good time to sound the alarm about the shocking rise in the number of young adults under age 50 being diagnosed with the disease.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2024
But Denver might sound the alarm if Sutton is not present when minicamp begins.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
Haddock emailed every member of the General Assembly on Tuesday about the MEC letter in an attempt to raise the alarm.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
But to the public, a recall is a recall, and Valisure had been the first one to sound the alarm.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 9 May 2024
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2024
But Denver might sound the alarm if Sutton is not present when minicamp begins.
—Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
Haddock emailed every member of the General Assembly on Tuesday about the MEC letter in an attempt to raise the alarm.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2024
But to the public, a recall is a recall, and Valisure had been the first one to sound the alarm.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 9 May 2024
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