isolate
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The incubation period of Ebola ranges from two to 21 days and the humanitarian worker will be required to isolate throughout.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
They directed consumers to isolate the plant immediately, keep it in the original pot away from other plants and out of the trash or compost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
“When loneliness hits them and the lack of a social support system, they start resenting the locals and perhaps even avoid meeting them and isolate themselves.”
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Instead, Ukraine’s ability to isolate Crimea through new drone technologies became a strategic surprise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
So he often speaks, frank yet cautious, ironic, as if always aware that I see and judge as an alien: a singular awareness in one of so isolate a race and so high a rank.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Each successful mission further isolates Russians at the front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Using an SPV, he said, not only keeps the debt separate but also isolates the risk of a particular project.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
"We want to build a care system that supports them, not isolates them."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
Cars pose a direct threat to pumas of the Santa Monica Mountains, and the freeway system also isolates them from other lion populations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
This isolates the bedroom, with me in it, from the rest of the rover.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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At the same time, the population's links to distant communities show that Shimao was not isolated.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Bertha was expected to produce 2 to 4 inches of rainfall, with isolated totals around 6 inches, through Thursday, from western Florida into southern Louisiana, making flash flooding possible especially in urban areas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Finally, the administration should view these agreements not as isolated successes but as the foundation of a broader coalition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Yamal grew up in a working-class, largely immigrant neighborhood the Spanish newspaper El País described as “forgotten, isolated and stigmatized.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
We run the risk of winning isolated battles but losing the larger war.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Unlike deaths with associated rituals, road maps, and standards, those that are disenfranchised are complex, underacknowledged, and often isolating.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
“It can be isolating if you’re the only Latino on a set,” Guido shared.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
A monthslong internet blackout has severely disrupted online commerce, further isolating the youth demographic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Crump fears the ban could make young people less likely to seek support for online harms if they do encounter them, as well as isolating them from communities and information.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
"I doubt that, Brother, but there's nothing like isolating a man to make him think," I said.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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