The phrase "associates warned" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a situation where individuals in a group or organization have issued a caution or alert about a particular issue or concern.
Example: "In the meeting, associates warned that the project deadline might not be met due to unforeseen circumstances."
Alternatives: "colleagues cautioned" or "team members alerted".
One of Mr Sadr's associates warned that vital oil pipelines in southern Iraq would be blown up if the US attacked Najaf.
People close to Johnson's widow, Lady Bird Johnson, now 90, say she stopped granting Mr. Caro interviews more than two decades ago, after several Johnson associates warned her that Mr. Caro's portrait might not be favorable.
Software stocks fell today after Network Associates warned that its fiscal third-quarter results would disappoint the Street by posting a big loss instead of the expected profit.
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Associates warned him against making a comedy about the war but, as he later recalled: "Dangerous or not, the idea excited me".
Assad and his associates have warned that instability or outside intervention in Syria could inflame the region, with consequences for Israel.
In a publicity campaign in France, and in a letter sent to each presidential candidate, it denounced the "recent amalgams with which its name has been associated" and warned that it had exclusive rights to the use of the brand.
Marianne herself underlines the metaphor when, explaining her ability to ingratiate herself so fully with some unsuspecting German associates, she warns against detached, calculated technique: "I keep the emotions real". Her words will come back to haunt her.
Cheema had no doubt that he had been detained by the I.S.I.; ten times over the previous six months, he told me, the agency had warned associates of his that it was unhappy about his reporting.
Victorian Liberals also warned associating with One Nation was damaging for the Liberal and National parties.
The Atlantic Coast Conference associate commissioner Shane Lyons warned that the "devil is in the details" when it came to devising a plan.
