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
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
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
This natural control, plus quarantine measures and local spraying, achieved what the Department in 1955 described as “outstanding restriction of distribution and damage.”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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