raise/sound the alarm
idiom
: to warn people
Economists have raised/sounded the alarm about a possible recession.
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This is the latest attempt by Angrest’s family to sound the alarm about his deteriorating medical condition in captivity.
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Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
Dapper Dan, Busta Rhymes sound the alarm on the Apollo's future
Last year, the Kennedy Center bestowed special honors on the Apollo to recognize its status as an iconic American institution.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 6 June 2025
The unit, also known as 'Fancy Bear,' has raise the alarm among NATO allies with France accusing the unit in April of carrying out cyberattacks against its government ministries.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
The institute’s former director, James Hansen, was the first scientist to sound the alarm to Congress, in 1988, about greenhouse gases that were warming Earth.
—Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
Dapper Dan, Busta Rhymes sound the alarm on the Apollo's future
Last year, the Kennedy Center bestowed special honors on the Apollo to recognize its status as an iconic American institution.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 6 June 2025
The unit, also known as 'Fancy Bear,' has raise the alarm among NATO allies with France accusing the unit in April of carrying out cyberattacks against its government ministries.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
The institute’s former director, James Hansen, was the first scientist to sound the alarm to Congress, in 1988, about greenhouse gases that were warming Earth.
—Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 16 May 2025
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