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quarantine

[kwawr-uhn-teen, kwor-, kwawr-uhn-teen, kwor-] / ˈkwɔr ənˌtin, ˈkwɒr-, ˌkwɔr ənˈtin, ˌkwɒr- /




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Now Kenyans are nervously waiting to see whether they acted in time—or whether Ebola will emerge outside of Nairobi’s quarantine wards and spread through the city of 5.6 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

One man who came into contact with the man who died in Kenya is under quarantine in Somalia and samples have been sent to Kenya for testing.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Locked away in their quarantine pod, the isolation proved the perfect opportunity to comb through hours of archival footage, stitching a story from B-roll and memories, both of which Eleanor had plenty of.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

"The new cases include a close male relative of the deceased", it said, saying the man had been in quarantine since October 6.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Eventually an American federal judge ruled the quarantine unconstitutional and ended the Guantanamo program.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

When mandated quarantines ended, he would declare victory.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

The Texas Animal Health Commission also asks that cattlemen closely monitor wounds, reduce biting pests like flies and ticks whenever possible, and abide by infestation quarantines drawn by state authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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

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

Amoth said the first quarantined contacts, if they remain healthy, will be allowed to go home next week after completing 21 days in isolation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The mayor of the town of Shelekhov, where she was reported to have died, said a local hospital had been quarantined.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Ten people who came into contact with a man who died of Ebola in Kenya have been quarantined, health officials in the East African nation say.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

But clearly, his decision didn’t stick, and in 2020, the pair quarantined together during the pandemic, a revelation that arose when eagle-eyed fans noticed their social media content had identical backgrounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Uncle Clyde has TB—tuberculosis—and has been quarantined at the hospital.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

Utah’s ongoing measles outbreak, fueled in part by a lack of uniform quarantining efforts, has lasted more than a year and spread to nearly every county in the state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

It didn’t take endless quarantining with my spouse during the COVID-19 pandemic to end my marriage of over two decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

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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