containment
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Although winds weakened as evening fell on Monday, CalFire's weather forecast said: "Warm temperatures, low afternoon humidity, and terrain-driven winds continue to challenge containment efforts."
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
The unit originated many infection containment and personal protective equipment practices that are now standard across medicine today.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
But these buffers are likely to erode quickly as model training expands, and temporary containment is unlikely to be a worthy substitute for durable defenses, the IMF said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The commander insists he has no "rose-tinted spectacles": his goal is containment, not mounting new counter-offensives or taking back huge swathes of land.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 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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