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Recent Examples of containment
By Spare lithium-ion batteries and power banks must go in carry-on bags due to higher fire risk and lack of containment.
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Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
The fire remains active with no timeline for full containment.
—Ryan Brennan
april 24, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
That total does not include the Pineland Road Fire, which is estimated to have burned more than 29,600 acres and is 10% contained, or another fire in Brantley County, now estimated at 4,438 acres with 15% containment.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
El Paso County officials lifted evacuation orders for a wildfire burning south of Colorado Springs on Thursday as crews gained 60% containment on the fire.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
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Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
The fire remains active with no timeline for full containment.
—Ryan Brennan
april 24, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
That total does not include the Pineland Road Fire, which is estimated to have burned more than 29,600 acres and is 10% contained, or another fire in Brantley County, now estimated at 4,438 acres with 15% containment.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
El Paso County officials lifted evacuation orders for a wildfire burning south of Colorado Springs on Thursday as crews gained 60% containment on the fire.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for containment
Noun
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Pau’s early work cohered around a nonnarrative approach to themes of alienation and isolation, rendered through obscure and richly textured visuals.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Down Time is refreshingly original in its choice to plot the pandemic as a point on a timeline that extends in either direction, rather than viewing it in isolation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The reasoning, which contradicted every previous Supreme Court decision on segregation, cited the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
2 May 2026
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The deputies walked the man to a jail segregation unit before the video ended.—
Darrell Smith
May 1,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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