quarantine

Example Sentences

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While the boy went up and down the empty hallways, cleaning banisters with bleach water, Etta came by the kitchen to report that Arnold Myerson had gotten sick, resetting the quarantine clock.

From Literature

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

From Barron's

The Crew-12 astronauts entered quarantine on January 28 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and are expected to remain under controlled conditions until launch.

From Science Daily

Most of these children were born during the pandemic and spent much of their infancy quarantined indoors, their earliest socialization filtered through the blue light of tablets and television, Aguet said.

From Los Angeles Times

Some 110 people who were in contact with them have been quarantined.

From BBC