distress signal
noun
: a message that one is in danger
The pilot sent out a distress signal before the plane crashed.
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Maybe the Mets should wear them in games as a distress signal.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
If the proper distress signal was set off (there’s some question about whether that happened), they should be rescued in a matter of hours.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
After the crew answers a distress signal and brings an alien life form back with them, their vessel becomes a trap, its corridors narrowing as the creature moves through the shadows.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
The man was located roughly a mile west of Sunset Rock after authorities received a distress signal and coordinated a multi-agency effort involving local first responders and Coast Guard crews.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
If the proper distress signal was set off (there’s some question about whether that happened), they should be rescued in a matter of hours.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
After the crew answers a distress signal and brings an alien life form back with them, their vessel becomes a trap, its corridors narrowing as the creature moves through the shadows.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
The man was located roughly a mile west of Sunset Rock after authorities received a distress signal and coordinated a multi-agency effort involving local first responders and Coast Guard crews.
—Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Distress signal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distress%20signal. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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