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Recent Examples of containment
Creative operations leader Ryan Garney rounds out the program with lessons on crisis containment drawn from disaster history.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
Law as emotional containment Modern psychology teaches that anxiety thrives in ambiguity.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
Firefighters responded with a C-130 air tanker, dropped retardant and created containment lines around the fire.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Safe drinking water completely dried up in the town after the fire jumped containment lines and damaged the treatment plant that supplies Gellibrand’s potable water.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
Law as emotional containment Modern psychology teaches that anxiety thrives in ambiguity.
—Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
Firefighters responded with a C-130 air tanker, dropped retardant and created containment lines around the fire.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Safe drinking water completely dried up in the town after the fire jumped containment lines and damaged the treatment plant that supplies Gellibrand’s potable water.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for containment
Noun
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Loneliness and isolation have been linked to heart disease, dementia and other medical conditions.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Medical neglect, isolation, and overcrowding are routine.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Lincoln Hills, once the largest African American recreational resort west of the Mississippi, was created in response to segregation.—
Anna Alejo,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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My ethnic group has suffered lynchings, legal segregation and stereotypes that continue to the present day.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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