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Playing together helps children learn to forge connections with others Online kindergarten could not solve the problem of isolation.—
UNICEF USA,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025 -
The novel, recently adapted into a film starring Glenn Close, encapsulates Jansson’s love of rugged isolation.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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This is maybe understandable in the former states of the Confederacy where Republicans took control not as the Party of Lincoln, but as the alternative to the Democrats who had abandoned legal segregation after 90 years of succoring segregation and Jim Crow.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
20 June 2025
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The largest detention center in California, Adelanto has for years been the focus of complaints from detainees, attorneys and state and federal inspectors about inadequate medical care, overly restrictive segregation and lax mental health services.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Heavier synthetic insulation keeps your torso toasty, while lighter insulation in the sleeves and hood adds more dexterity and mobility.—
Drew Zieff,
Outside Online,
11 June 2025
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Water gets into sheathing and insulation, which triples the cost of repair within six months.—
Jamie Gold,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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In follow-up observations, after the camp implemented quarantine procedures for anyone coming to visit from the outside from 2020 forward, the coughing rate plummeted to 0.075%.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
6 June 2025
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The quarantine system had become increasingly overloaded, with thousands separated from spouses or children or unable to visit dying relatives.—
Rachel Morris,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
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Known for its seclusion and thick canopy of mature trees, the area feels more like a forested retreat than a celebrity hotbed—though it’s been home to many.—
Natalie Hoberman,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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The Beach Boys soon descended into an oldies act, out of touch with the radical '60s, and Wilson withdrew into seclusion.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 June 2025
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Defendants were cleared of kidnapping allegations but three were convicted of a lesser, similar charge of sequestration with no voluntary liberation as Kardashian was bound at the scene but let there to be found safely.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
23 May 2025
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The Trump administration has voiced its support for all manner of geologic sequestration.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Locals had threatened peaceful blockades against the event on the day of.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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President Abraham Lincoln had imposed a blockade on Confederate ports after the attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, which kicked off the conflict.—
Francine Uenuma,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 2025
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