quarantine

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It needs relief from the oil quarantine and from U.S. restrictions on foreign investment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

But with no money for quarantine or medications, there isn’t much they can do, so they expect the outbreak to get worse.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

The animal hospital said on social media she would be put into quarantine in a tank for a "few weeks".

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

The Artemis 2 astronauts had been in quarantine in Houston, but were released following the delay.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

The second way was the American quarantine in the early 1990s of HIV-positive Haitian refugees, who were detained at the United States naval base at Guantanamo Bay.

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