quarantine
Example Sentences
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The sleepy town is under a militarized quarantine.
From Los Angeles Times
As she writes in her new memoir, “Bread of Angels,” “Mine was a Proustian childhood, one of intermittent quarantine and convalescence.”
The sleepy town of Hawkins is under quarantine as the show’s heroes search for a way to find and vanquish the baddie Vecna.
An adult male of unknown age from South Africa developed acute neuromuscular symptoms in late April and died, just over a week after he was released from his quarantine camp into a larger acclimatisation camp.
From Reuters
In December 2021, the agency’s decision to shorten isolation and quarantine caught many by surprise and caused confusion.
From Seattle Times
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