containment
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Containment and recovery operations are under way after a chemical tank in Longview, Wash., collapsed, leaving one person dead and nine missing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
"Containment is at 95%. But 95% is not 100%," he said during a press conference.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025
Containment of birds can accelerate transmission where the virus is present, which means housing them in sheds is not always the safest option.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025
Containment is a reference to how much of the fire’s edge, or perimeter, has been surrounded to the extent firefighters believe they can stop the fire from expanding.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025
As we first reported an hour ago, Pierre Troubleaux, President of dGraph, one of the nation's leading software companies, was critically injured while giving testimony to the Privacy and Technology Containment subcommittee.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
Vocabulary lists containing containment
American History III
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Chapter 28: The Cold War Era
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