quarantine

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Martin and Joyce Carol Oates “quarantine” themselves so other voices don’t creep into their work, as was the case with McCarthy and J.D.

From Los Angeles Times

This seems to be part of a quarantine on the sale of sanctioned oil, ANZ Research analysts say in a research report.

From The Wall Street Journal

A similar quarantine design had been used in earlier research, along with specialized testing of exhaled breath developed by Milton and his colleagues.

From Science Daily

U.S. military forces have seized two more sanctioned oil tankers as part of its energy quarantine of Venezuela, Commerzbank Research analysts say in a research report.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the event of a SARS-like incident examples of "swift executive action required" could entail a need to "quarantine contacts", "close schools" and possibly "close borders".

From BBC