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
Local activists told a different story: It was kids’ prolonged isolation from their families that caused them to languish.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
I felt almost as helpless as my parents lying in their isolation rooms and didn't know whether to punch someone or cry.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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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
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
This, or some such thing as this, they would agree, is far better than isolations and the perpetual threat of fresh warfare.
From New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
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