How to Use Amber Alert in a Sentence
Amber Alert
noun-
An Amber Alert was issued for the 4-foot-1 child with blond hair and blue eyes.
— David K. Li, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024 -
The girl's body was found last week in Detroit on after a search and a statewide Amber Alert.
— Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2023 -
The 9-year-old and 5-year-old were found in the city of Yoakum, less than an hour after a statewide Texas Amber Alert was issued.
— James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2024 -
The Amber Alert issued for the toddler has now been canceled.
— Zoe Sottile, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024 -
An Amber Alert was then issued around 7:30 p.m. that night.
— Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2023 -
Before the shooting came an Amber Alert for the teenage girl and a highway chase once she was spotted west of Barstow.
— Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Police pulled up at the scene, blocking off the street, and later issued an Amber Alert.
— Lauren Smiley, Wired, 22 June 2021 -
An Amber Alert has been issued in Ohio for a 5-year-old boy last seen with his 48-year-old foster mother.
— Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024 -
An Amber Alert was issued for Wilder’s two other children, 3 and 9 years old, Bryant said.
— Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2024 -
Police issued an Amber Alert for Taylen and deployed drones and a helicopter in the search for the toddler.
— Olivia George Tampa Bay Times (tns), al, 2 Apr. 2023 -
Last year, Paul and Pierre were reported missing, and an Amber Alert was issued for the child’s safety.
— Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023 -
An Amber Alert has been issued for a 9-year-old girl who police said may have been abducted from a New York state park.
— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2023 -
According to Pet Amber Alert, more pets run away July 4-6 than any other time of year.
— Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 1 July 2023 -
An Amber Alert was issued, and police throughout Michigan were told to be on the lookout for the vehicle.
— George Hunter The Detroit News (tns), al, 5 July 2023 -
The kidnapping led to an Amber Alert and a frantic search for Pagan, who was later found at a hotel in Windsor.
— Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2024 -
The teen was reunited with her family after the Amber Alert.
— Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2024 -
The woman left the house with another child, her 3-year-old son, which prompted an Amber Alert, officials said.
— Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024 -
An Amber Alert is issued when child under 18 has been abducted and is in danger.
— The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2023 -
Wynter's body was found in Detroit on Wednesday after a multiday search and a statewide Amber Alert.
— Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 7 July 2023 -
An Amber Alert has been issued for the toddler, whose been described as having dark blond hair and brown eyes, according to police.
— Dalia Faheid, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024 -
Four people were arrested in a twin newborn Amber Alert case in Michigan.
— USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023 -
By Sunday morning, the state police had issued an Amber Alert saying the nine-year-old had been abducted.
— Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023 -
Like the Amber Alert, the Ebony Alert would trigger electronic roadway signs to notify the public of a missing person.
— Melissa Noel, Essence, 10 Oct. 2023 -
The teen was rescued in Nebraska the day after he was reported missing and an Amber Alert was issued.
— Ben Goggin, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2023 -
Her abduction set off an Amber Alert, and when deputies found the truck belonging to Savannah’s father, a car chase and shootout ensued.
— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Her murder has never been solved, but this tragedy did end up helping to create the Amber Alert system to help find other missing children.
— Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 9 Jan. 2023 -
Salazar noted that the bullet shell casings matched the shell casings of the bullets found at the crime scene, where her body was found with Kaiden’s body on March 19 after an Amber Alert was issued the previous day.
— Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024 -
The bill essentially extends the Silver Alert to include children that aren't covered by the Amber Alert — though the category will have a new name.
— Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024 -
Last month, an Amber Alert case ended tragically with the death of a 2-year-old who was abducted from Lansing, taken to metro Detroit and killed.
— Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 24 Aug. 2023 -
Authorities announced that the Amber Alert was canceled, and the case has shifted from a missing person investigation to a death investigation.
— Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2024
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