quarantine
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The move comes after the end of a 42-day quarantine at a facility in Nebraska for exposed American cruise ship passengers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
In the end, Price’s designer makeover came at the perfect time, concluding just before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw the family forced to quarantine inside the dwelling for weeks on end.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the final contact of a person exposed to hantavirus on the MV Hondius had completed their quarantine period, tested negative and returned home.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
We arrived in California on Easter Sunday and joined the rest of the world in quarantine, not knowing how it would affect our work and financial future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Now a quarantine barrier in Mississippi seeks to prevent the re-entrance of the screw-worm from the Southwest, where it is firmly entrenched.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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When mandated quarantines ended, he would declare victory.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
To be sure, screwworms can be contained through quarantines, tighter surveillance, and other methods.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
The department said it had also enacted "quarantines, movement controls, and surveillance" in that area.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Before takeoff, shippers deal with complex veterinary clearances, quarantines and equine paperwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
Farmer strongly believed that quarantines were not an effective strategy for handling AIDS, but the Cuban approach had been far more humane.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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"So the coco is quarantined there for two years, and so from those plants that are growing I decided to make this chocolate bar."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the U.S. plans to transport all seven Americans to Germany, where they will likely continue to be quarantined.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
Two of the exposed Californians are quarantined at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
All the suspected infections have been among people who were onboard the ship, however several nations have quarantined those who were in contact with passengers.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Uncle Clyde has TB—tuberculosis—and has been quarantined at the hospital.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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After that, Ugandan officials quickly swung into action, tracking down and quarantining dozens of people the man had encountered while ill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In the U.S., some Americans who disembarked earlier in the trip and returned home before the outbreak had been made public are quarantining at home.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
Spain's health ministry earlier said one Spaniard who is quarantining in Madrid after being evacuated from the vessel had also provisionally tested positive for hantavirus on Monday.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
Some other countries were only quarantining people from the ship for a few days before telling them to isolate at home, the minister said.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Currie admitted that the illness was “strengthened by a particular construction of the atmosphere,” but he insisted that the best way to deal with it was by quarantining the sick.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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