as in warning
something that tells of approaching danger or risk
his high blood pressure was a wake-up call that he needed to do something about his health
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The persistence of that finding should be a wake-up call for employers already battling high turnover and labor shortages.
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Wire Services, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
Those efforts show the pandemic has been a wake-up call, Horowitz said.
—Rachel Scott, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2023
Texas is on an entirely different level than those teams and had a bit of a wake-up call against Penn State.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
Most important, the Fed and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) got a wake-up call that their oversight of middle-size banks has been dangerously lax.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2023
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Wire Services, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
Those efforts show the pandemic has been a wake-up call, Horowitz said.
—Rachel Scott, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2023
Texas is on an entirely different level than those teams and had a bit of a wake-up call against Penn State.
—Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
Most important, the Fed and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) got a wake-up call that their oversight of middle-size banks has been dangerously lax.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wake-up call
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The mountains could see another two inches of snow stack up by the time the warning expires, forecasters said in the weather alert.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2024
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The warning in Yell County came after a a tornado watch was issued in Northwest Arkansas just after 1:30 p.m..Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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The red flag warning encompassed almost all of the Bay Area, excepting large portions of Sonoma and Marin counties.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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In California, strong winds and dry conditions will create a threat for wildfires from the San Francisco Bay area down to Los Angeles where a red flag warning has been issued.Max Golembo, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Officials said the Uber driver stopped at a red light and began praying in Arabic.Filip Timotija, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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The downtown restaurant-meets-club was transformed for one night only into a multi-floor party venue bathed in deep red light.Freya Drohan, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024
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What's next: There are no signs this unprecedented and unhinged election cycle will stop here.Noah Bressner, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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In a sign of just how tight the race for president is, Harris and Trump tied with three votes each in the tiny New Hampshire community of Dixville Notch, which opened and closed its poll just after midnight ET in a decades-old tradition.Andrew Torgan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Wake-up call.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wake-up%20call. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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