quarantine
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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
They have been in quarantine at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as they await blast-off.
From Barron's • 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
Now a quarantine barrier in Mississippi seeks to prevent the re-entrance of the screw-worm from the Southwest, where it is firmly entrenched.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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