Japan's new right-wing prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has alarmed Chinese leaders with his calls for revisiting its commitment to pacifism, enshrined in the American-imposed postwar constitution, and for making the school curriculum more patriotic.
The elimination of top curatorial positions has sparked anxiety in other parts of the sprawling Smithsonian Institution, whose chief executive, Lawrence Small, has alarmed professional staff with his tilt toward a commercial approach and willingness to accommodate donors.
The tweet, debunked as baseless even by Trump's own administration, has alarmed advocacy groups with its blatantly xenophobic, Islamophobic and anti-immigrant nature.
He has alarmed our closest allies with his erratic behavior.
The rapid rise of a group calling itself Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West (Pegida) has alarmed the German government, with Chancellor Angela Merkel calling its leaders racists.
Mr Orban has alarmed Hungary's foreign partners with his unorthodox economic policies, particularly a public battle with his own central bank.
China has alarmed consumers the world over with an array of exports, including toys, toothpaste and other household products, as well as seafood, that proved to be contaminated.
The British accent of the IS executioner "Jihadi John" has alarmed UK authorities, already grappling with how to prevent young Britons traveling to Syria and Iraq to join IS.
Aladeen, having alarmed the world with his human-rights abuses and his nuclear ambitions, is summoned to New York to address the United Nations.
Federer won in four sets when the pair met in the semi-finals at Roland Garros last year, but his many followers will have been alarmed with his failure to compete for long periods in this encounter.
