quarantine

Example Sentences

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It needs relief from the oil quarantine and from U.S. restrictions on foreign investment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

But with no money for quarantine or medications, there isn’t much they can do, so they expect the outbreak to get worse.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

US officials said the ship - named Aquila II - was operating in defiance of a US "quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean".

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

The Artemis 2 astronauts had been in quarantine in Houston, but were released following the delay.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Two large ships suspected of carrying weapons, the Kimovsk and the Yuri Gagarin, would be at the quarantine line in an hour.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin