precaution
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An air ambulance landed close to the scene off Salcott Crescent as a precaution, alongside police, firefighters and paramedics.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The U.S. took the same precaution two years earlier, when an inspector received a threatening phone call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Even so, the results suggest that limiting prolonged exposure during periods of poor air quality may be a practical precaution.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom said Friday that firefighters have been prepositioned in several counties in central and southern California as a precaution.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Many joints of harness, no longer under the necessity of precaution, clanked on the stone stair.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Beyond the president, current and former senior Trump administration officials have also been notified of specific threats against them and have taken extra safety precautions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
She added that safety precautions are engrained in her courses, including training on how to predict fire behaviour and mapping out at least two safe escape routes.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
These precautions were able to halt the spread of what a blood sample later confirmed to be Ebola.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Out of homes with no precautions, only 20% survived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
And being comforted with these precautions they had now taken, Wang Lung once more urged his wife.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
Vocabulary lists containing precaution
Power Prefix: pre-
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Bush's Address on 9/11
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"Women in Aviation," Vocabulary from the informational text
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