a canary who was singing and giving up the names of some of the city's most notorious drug lords
Recent Examples on the WebHarsin has been gasping for air in the SEC ever since he was hired, and Greene is the canary in the coal mine. Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2022 The industry has served as a sort of canary in the coal mine for slowing growth, with executives such as Tesla’s Elon Musk and Google’s Sundar Pichai among early voices of recession fears. Taylor Telford, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 Kashkari noted that the tech sector, in particular, has seen waves of layoffs over the past few months, a phenomenon that could be a canary in the coal mine for a larger market downturn further down the line. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2022 The environment has turned more noxious for European banks, but Credit Suisse can’t be considered the canary in the coal mine. Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 8 June 2022 Women are always the canary in the coal mine of countries’ evolving stance on human rights. Avivah Wittenberg-cox, Forbes, 25 June 2022 If Bausch + Lomb is the canary in the coal mine, the IPO market is dead — so is the funding climate for startups. Peter Cohan, Forbes, 6 May 2022 Determining a person’s gender is different from detecting or recognizing a face, but Dr. Buolamwini considered her findings a canary in a coal mine.New York Times, 27 May 2022 Wayfair has been called the canary in the coalmine of the home furnishings market. Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 6 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle French canarie, from Old Spanish canario, from Islas Canarias Canary Islands