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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alarmed to learn" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing concern or shock upon discovering new information.
Example: "I was alarmed to learn about the sudden changes in the company's policy."
Alternatives: "shocked to find out" or "disturbed to discover".
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United Nations inspectors were alarmed to learn about the aflatoxin program.
By Monday afternoon, the Tories – alarmed to learn that talks were active between Labour and Lib Dems – offered a referendum on the alternative vote system.
Upon returning to work on January 6 , 2003 Mora was alarmed to learn from Brant that the abuse at Guantánamo had not stopped.
She was alarmed to learn that the South African buyer had actually used 21 different credit cards, not three, and 44 total transactions to make the purchase.
Belgian investigators were alarmed to learn that the French driver, allegedly based in Molenbeek, had a brother fighting with Islamic State in Syria, according to local media reports.
Americans might be alarmed to learn that the Internal Revenue Service appears to have done little to crack down on the tax cheats.
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In "Orthodox Jews and Car Alarms: What Does the Talmud Say?" (Jan . 11, it was alarming to learn that car alarms can stay on for up to 90 minutes.
That's why it was alarming to learn that a White House official had authorized that idiotic public-relations photo shoot for Air Force One at the Statue of Liberty.
It may be that this particular manifestation of the north-south divide, when fans of London clubs would wave £5 notes at supporters from the north, is a thing of the past, but it was interesting, and a little alarming, to learn that some established enmities lurk not very far below the surface.
The standard HMM approach would combine all alarms to learn a single model for mines (weak and strong) and a single model for clutter.
It's no wonder that the Goth scene worries parents like Lucy Lassalle, Veronica's mother, who became alarmed recently to learn that one of her daughter's friends had run away from home and walked the streets all night.
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