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a siren who could captivate any audience
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Recent Examples of sirens
Belton experiences As sirens wailed the night of the tornado, Bill Anderson hunkered down in his basement a mile and a half away from the cemetery, Anderson told The Star by text.
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Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026
In all, 10 on-duty Portage officers, two off-duty officers and a Porter County sheriff’s deputy rushed to the scene with lights and sirens activated, the department said.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Saturday, in a show that ended with the sound of ambulance sirens.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
As sirens got closer, Chief DeForte says, instead of staying there until help arrived, Coburn picked up his daughter, put her in a passerby's vehicle, got back on the bike, and left the scene.
—Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Elements of the piece could draw comparisons to the everyday sounds of living in a warzone -- when asked whether listeners could hear sweeping musical motifs as air raid sirens, Earle agreed.
—Flora Bigham, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
Josie Beecher-Crotty, Elgin’s communications and engagement manager, said the sirens activate automatically when the NWS issues a severe weather warning within the city’s geographic area.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Some local governments also sound tornado sirens to alert residents when forecasters issue tornado warnings.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
Wind and sirens intrude, followed by helicopter blades.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026
In all, 10 on-duty Portage officers, two off-duty officers and a Porter County sheriff’s deputy rushed to the scene with lights and sirens activated, the department said.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Saturday, in a show that ended with the sound of ambulance sirens.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
As sirens got closer, Chief DeForte says, instead of staying there until help arrived, Coburn picked up his daughter, put her in a passerby's vehicle, got back on the bike, and left the scene.
—Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Elements of the piece could draw comparisons to the everyday sounds of living in a warzone -- when asked whether listeners could hear sweeping musical motifs as air raid sirens, Earle agreed.
—Flora Bigham, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026
Josie Beecher-Crotty, Elgin’s communications and engagement manager, said the sirens activate automatically when the NWS issues a severe weather warning within the city’s geographic area.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Some local governments also sound tornado sirens to alert residents when forecasters issue tornado warnings.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
Wind and sirens intrude, followed by helicopter blades.
—Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sirens
seductresses
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Once again, a defense lawyer attempted to paint the women as lying, scheming seductresses.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Sirens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sirens. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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