distancing

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During previous outbreaks, the hospital relied on robust donor funding and a team of social workers to educate the community about preventive measures, ranging from social distancing to safe burials.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Like so many other relics of the Soviet past in Central Asia, it is doomed to vanish amid a distancing from Russia and a top-down drive to boost national culture.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

The spiders are also good at distancing themselves from each other so they aren’t in competition.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

For now, Tehran is distancing itself from talks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

They had created an investment approach that harnessed their talent for distancing themselves from other people’s convictions; to find such great conviction in themselves was new and uncomfortable.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis