containment
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He said: "The toad containment zone is a once in a lifetime opportunity to stop one of the world's worst invasive species in its tracks and protect the region's unique wildlife."
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
On social media, the gleeful Portuguese-language memes escaped containment.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Because the samples were highly radioactive, they had to be enclosed within several layers of containment before being transported to Grenoble.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
“I’m interested in both the coming-of-age aspect of these children and also the containment of these birds and these fish, and the children in relation to that containment.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Rather, from its inception, it was designed to be a containment zone.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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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