containment
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It has put containment measures in place but warned residents in the village of Killin that the water is still not safe to drink.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
According to critics, this symbiosis creates a scientific veneer for state violence, allowing law enforcement to brand old tactics of containment and harassment as “precise” and “data-driven.”
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
Firefighters responded with a C-130 air tanker, dropped retardant and created containment lines around the fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
By relying on a rigorous cadence—clear roles for containment, crisp communications and a maniacal mission focus—we didn’t just survive; we turned a skeptic into a raging fan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
In the Adams formulation, aristocracies were to society as the passions were to the individual personality, permanent fixtures susceptible to disciplined containment and artful channeling, but never altogether removable.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing containment
American History III
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"The Witch Boy" by Molly Knox Ostertag
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Chapter 28: The Cold War Era
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