isolation
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Long space missions can force small crews to endure isolation, cramped living conditions, and intense psychological pressure for months at a time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Their maximalism will contribute to their isolation in the long run,” said Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iran expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a policy organization that opposes Iran’s rulers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Another encouraging sign: The S&P 500 isn’t moving higher in isolation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
The BBC's File on 4 Investigates recently found that a school in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, put a pupil in an isolation booth away from the classroom for more than half an academic year.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
And when they promised isolation, promised Sister would never see me again, I still held on.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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File on 4 Investigates the use of internal isolations in secondary schools in England and hears from parents and students who say such techniques are affecting their mental health.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
And though he has only been in isolation 11 times, per Synergy’s data, the Clippers are scoring 1.3 points per such possession, the third-highest average out of 75 players with a minimum of 10 isolations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
In the first and even second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, multi-week quarantines and isolations were common for many Americans, especially children.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
It features some bird motion — pecking isolations, swooping flocks.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
Yet they serve to break down isolations of sympathy, all sorts of physical and intellectual sluggishness and the development of unsocial preoccupations of many sorts...
From First and Last Things by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Vocabulary lists containing isolation
Western Europe - Introductory
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