isolate
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She also called for more funding to help with patchy transport in the region's rural areas, which can isolate disabled people.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
While the brief looked at a variety of economic outcomes — including employment, wages and general inflation — looking at rental conditions alone can help isolate how housing markets spill over into people’s everyday lives.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Dresser wanted a Dutch door — one where both the top and bottom halves swing open independently — attached to their office space, where they sometimes isolate fosters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Analysts say the US plan to isolate Iran would require unlikely cooperation from trading partner China, which has defended its cooperation with Tehran and vowed to safeguard its interests.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
He argued that Fort Detrick was closer to the outbreak than was the C.D.C., in Atlanta, and therefore it was appropriate for the Army to have the samples and try to isolate the virus.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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The team examined thousands of bacterial isolates collected from the human gut, along with large amounts of metagenomic data from people in multiple countries and across different age and health groups.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Each successful mission further isolates Russians at the front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Both the CQC and NHS England say there is no category that isolates private GP registrations.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
Using an SPV, he said, not only keeps the debt separate but also isolates the risk of a particular project.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
This isolates the bedroom, with me in it, from the rest of the rover.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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The team successfully isolated the nitrogenase directly from the microorganism and found that it was unusually resistant to heat.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Or do you feel alone and isolated much of the time?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Changes to the Park Lane road layout 80 years later left it inaccessible, leading it to become isolated, neglected and dirty.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
At issue is whether the reported fumes are an isolated problem—or point to a broader vulnerability in the air-supply system used on nearly every commercial aircraft flying today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“More dangerous than what we encountered last night? Please. He’s probably a ranch hand from some isolated ranchito out there. He might even be from Hacienda Dorada,” Velia said, and opened the door.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new campaign called “Operation Economic Outcast” aimed at isolating the Iranian regime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
He described the months since the complaint became public as “painful” and isolating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
For some it can be an isolating experience.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
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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