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Recent Examples of alarm clock
Her trial began nearly a year after her arrest on March 18, 2025, in Grand Forks, N.D.
Prosecutors claimed that Rice killed Knutson in a fit of rage amid their contentious living situation and Knutson’s alarm clock going off.
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Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 2025
Items like alarm clocks and stereos in working condition are often fair game, but televisions and microwaves, for example, are not.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
After Knutson’s murder, investigators discovered that the roommates were allegedly getting into arguments over alarm clocks and pet fish.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 2025
In one part of the world, children wake up to the sound of bombs, not alarm clocks.
—Dr. Maky Zanganeh, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 2025
Items like alarm clocks and stereos in working condition are often fair game, but televisions and microwaves, for example, are not.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2025
After Knutson’s murder, investigators discovered that the roommates were allegedly getting into arguments over alarm clocks and pet fish.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 3 May 2025
In one part of the world, children wake up to the sound of bombs, not alarm clocks.
—Dr. Maky Zanganeh, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarm clock
Noun
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But the truly savvy teens aren't punching time clocks.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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There’s the meetings there, there’s the time clocks.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The cuckoo clocks in the window at the entrance attracted curious looks and made for plenty of social media moments.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Walsh also discovered whether Welles actually wrote the famous cuckoo clock speech Lime gives to Martins on the ferris wheel.—
Gregory James Wakeman,
IndieWire,
11 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The ticking of a grandfather clock in the White House's Map Room, where the interview took place, is audible throughout due to the pauses and silence that hangs in the room as the former president tries to remember dates and events.—
Peter Aitken
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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Biden’s decor included a handful of paintings, a grandfather clock and a subtle bit of greenery on the fireplace mantle.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Closer to home, physicists study vibrations of atoms, such as those used in atomic clocks, to look for deviations from pure constancy.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
23 May 2025
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The payloads aboard this Dragon cargo mission—the 32nd by SpaceX—include normal things like fresh food (exactly 1,262 tortillas), biomedical and pharmaceutical experiments, and the technical demonstration of a new atomic clock.—
Abigail Bassett,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
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Any opposition to the stadiums funding plan could put the future of the teams at risk, as Missouri lawmakers face a ticking clock.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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Phones and clocks weren’t portable, but watches were, ensuring time was wisely and lovingly spent.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
1 June 2025
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“Alarm clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alarm%20clock. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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