basket cases

plural of basket case

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alarms
Noun
  • The Sora app, which remains invite-only, has taken a shoot-first, aim-later approach to safety guardrails, which has raised alarms with intellectual property lawyers, public figures and disinformation researchers.
    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Fans are setting early morning alarms and waiting on long virtual ticket lines, only to lose seats to bots.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Basket cases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basket%20cases. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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