By the front door, the burglar alarm resumed its beeping, at a shriller pitch.

NEWYORKER: Outage

The burglar alarm by the front door was peeping and blinking, softly, as if to itself.

NEWYORKER: Outage

The court heard he left suddenly to visit another property he owned, after picking up a text which said his burglar alarm was going off.

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The street cleaner used his broom to hit Mr Buckingham after he saw him coming out of a house where the burglar alarm was sounding, the court heard.

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You also can put the stuff under your doorway to deter break-ins (the Bubble Wrap burglar alarm) or stuff it in your bra (the Bubble Wrap boob job) or sleep on it (the Bubble Wrap bed).

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They formed a University of Utah spinoff company, Xandem Technology LLC, which is commercializing the wireless networks for use as motion detectors for burglar alarm systems, to help police locate hostages and even to alert out-of-town, vacationing parents if a crowd of teenagers is partying at their home during their absence.

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ADT, a burglar-alarm firm UtiliCorp unveiled a plan to franchise the brand to utilities throughout America.

ECONOMIST: Marketing energy

This is akin to a burglar blaming an alarm system for being caught.

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If somebody does, an alarm is triggered, as a burglar might set off an alarm breaking into a house at night.

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In the good old days--if you were a burglar--all you had to worry about was setting off an alarm.

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