quarantine
Example Sentences
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Before takeoff, shippers deal with complex veterinary clearances, quarantines and equine paperwork.
As an X-file from an earlier era, when fringe theories about UFOs, crop circles or the Loch Ness monster were quarantined as tabloid fodder, the lore around the wilderness footage seems quaint by today’s standards.
Each tortoise underwent an extensive quarantine and was microchipped for identification before their release, it said.
From Barron's
But with no money for quarantine or medications, there isn’t much they can do, so they expect the outbreak to get worse.
From Los Angeles Times
They have been in quarantine at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as they await blast-off.
From Barron's
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