isolation
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Four years of war and economic isolation have reduced the Russian president to a supplicant in a relationship growing more imbalanced—and at times tense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Researchers examined 12 modifiable dementia risk factors identified by the Lancet Commission on dementia, including hearing loss, depression, physical inactivity, and social isolation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
A 2022 Times story detailed the isolation and lengthy wait times that some dogs seized in criminal cases face at L.A. city shelters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Madonna looks at a world where “no one wants to go outside,” nodding at the ways the COVID-19 pandemic broadly increased our isolation and made people more fearful of reality and each other.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Geographic isolation leads to genetic isolation, and to eventual reproductive isolation.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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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
They’re porous defensively and have a boring, predictable offense largely consisting of alternating one-on-one isolations between their “Big Three” most every trip down the court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026
Shayewitz drew up all kinds of plays for Wells, isolations and post-ups and everything in between.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2023
It features some bird motion — pecking isolations, swooping flocks.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
This is but human nature, seeing that they are subject to frequent and long isolations from the rest of the ship's company.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
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Western Europe - Introductory
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