isolation
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A marriage story weighty enough to bear two fascinatingly complex couples, it explores a web of isolation and desire knotted with the divisions and woes of society today: class, labor, media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
"They are very worried about the conditions that haematology patients currently have within the city hospital and the lack of isolation for patients whose systems are very, very vulnerable," she told the committee.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Locked away in their quarantine pod, the isolation proved the perfect opportunity to comb through hours of archival footage, stitching a story from B-roll and memories, both of which Eleanor had plenty of.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
The findings also highlight why examining individual food ingredients in isolation may not provide a complete picture of how they behave.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
In a statement to police, Garrett Tison’s attorney claimed she received a phone call from Mr. Tison alleging that guards refused to put him in isolation despite his complaints about receiving threats.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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
Because they spent their early teenage years internalizing Spears’s dancing on MTV, the Madrids, who are known for their narrative choreography and staccato isolations, consider themselves “natural extensions of her and her work.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
“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
“The ability to seemingly isolate every bone, every muscle, and to be so full of attack in those isolations, and then below, be like mercury in his legs. Seamlessly shape shifting.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
It is absolutely necessary to the progress of our civilization that these isolations should be overcome, that the community should become aware of itself collectively and should think as a whole.
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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