containment
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On social media, the gleeful Portuguese-language memes escaped containment.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
The UAE's Ministry of Climate Change and Environment said on Thursday that it "immediately began containment" in order to "limit environmental impacts".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Because the samples were highly radioactive, they had to be enclosed within several layers of containment before being transported to Grenoble.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Back up and find some containment - you are way over the line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
She headed into the main block of containment zones, traveling through a maze of corridors.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Vocabulary lists containing containment
American History III
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"The Witch Boy" by Molly Knox Ostertag
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Chapter 28: The Cold War Era
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