raise/sound the alarm
idiom
: to warn people
Economists have raised/sounded the alarm about a possible recession.
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Some in the agricultural sector, perhaps more reliant on undocumented migrant workers than any other, have even recently begun to sound the alarm on Trump’s mass-deportation proposals.
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Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024
In fact, dentists are sometimes the first people to raise the alarm about acromegaly and refer their patients to endocrinologists.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Goldman Sachs increased its S&P 500 price target to match its upbeat view on company earnings even as others sound the alarm on risky stocks.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
Motion sensors will sound the alarm if movement is detected while the bike is locked, and if that doesn't put off would-be opportunists, real-time GPS tracking is included too.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2024
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Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024
In fact, dentists are sometimes the first people to raise the alarm about acromegaly and refer their patients to endocrinologists.
—Angela Haupt, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Goldman Sachs increased its S&P 500 price target to match its upbeat view on company earnings even as others sound the alarm on risky stocks.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
Motion sensors will sound the alarm if movement is detected while the bike is locked, and if that doesn't put off would-be opportunists, real-time GPS tracking is included too.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2024
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