isolate
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"With my friends, I tend to either overshare and regret it, or isolate myself from them and regret it."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Traditional laboratory methods can isolate and identify peptides, but the process can produce enormous amounts of data.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Travelers from Ebola-affected regions are barred from entering rebel-held areas or must isolate for three weeks, according to aid workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
They directed consumers to isolate the plant immediately, keep it in the original pot away from other plants and out of the trash or compost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The first step would be to isolate the bouts in question: those fought on a tournament’s final day between a wrestler on the bubble and a wrestler who has already secured his eighth win.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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Each successful mission further isolates Russians at the front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
By operating as a separate entity, GenCo isolates the cost of new growth to data centers, according to NiSource.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
Cars pose a direct threat to pumas of the Santa Monica Mountains, and the freeway system also isolates them from other lion populations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
The nucleolus isolates the rDNA which encodes the RNA portions of the ribosomes, the protein-building machinery.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
This isolates the bedroom, with me in it, from the rest of the rover.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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And the Marines might struggle to get large numbers of FPV drones to isolated island outposts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Nicaragua, diplomatically isolated within the Americas, withdrew from the OAS in November 2023.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Becker said he’s focused on evidence of price gouging in California specifically, where a small handful of refineries serve a relatively isolated market with limited alternatives for sourcing fuel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Encouraged by the discovery, we turned our attention to a more isolated area near Mt.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
They would all be isolated from each other, each thinking it was alone.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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The setup made it possible to recreate extreme conditions that ordinary solid materials cannot reach while isolating the effects of particle collisions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
The incidents show that the AI companies need to have stronger, industrywide standards for isolating their systems during cyber testing, said Alex Stamos, chief product officer with the cybersecurity company Corridor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Grief is really isolating, especially child loss, because very few people lose their children,” Ferrante told me, adding that her relationship with the father ended two months after Ysa’s funeral.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
It can be an isolating experience because people worry about facing judgement from others, she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
If this sheet was not necessary as far as she was concerned, then she could remove it, for it was clear enough that Gregor could not derive any pleasure from isolating himself away so completely.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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