isolation
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What strikes you first are his scenes’ forthright emotions—a group of women tearfully sending their beaux off to fight in World War II, the isolation of a young man dining alone at a cafeteria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Technology was creating human connection rather than isolation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The dispute over how sacred time should be measured may have intensified the sect's conflict with religious leaders in Jerusalem and contributed to its isolation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
He spent the following years in isolation before he was spotted by a delivery driver in December 2023 in the foothills of the Pyrenees in the south-west of the country.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
My isolation was compounded by the fact that during a weekend home visiting my parents, I had the urge to get my hair cut on a Saturday without an appointment.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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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
“Very defensive-minded and a lot of isolations, the ball’s going to be in Jaquez and Tyger’s hands a lot.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
It features some bird motion — pecking isolations, swooping flocks.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
Doncic won late-game chess matches against the Warriors and Lakers by forcing and then exploiting isolations against Curry and James.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2022
And the only thing that can overcome these isolations and put the mass of intelligent men upon a common basis of understanding, is an abundant and almost universally influential contemporary literature.
From Mankind in the Making by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Vocabulary lists containing isolation
Western Europe - Introductory
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Western Europe - Middle School and High School
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Australia and New Zealand - Introductory
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