quarantine
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South Carolina has reported around 670 cases of the virus that have forced hundreds to quarantine or isolate.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
Stationing ships on Iran’s coast could make U.S. assets susceptible to attack, officials said, so the U.S. will likely try to intercept or quarantine commercial vessels in the Arabian Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
When filming resumed, due to the 14-day quarantine requirement, back-to-back seasons were shot and the format was shortened from 39 days to 26.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
The animal hospital said on social media she would be put into quarantine in a tank for a "few weeks".
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
Knox was turned away from Manhattan and wound up in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he spent two weeks in quarantine.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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