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Headspace extraction allows for the analysis and isolation of specific molecules so they can be dialled up or down accordingly.—
Stephanie Hirschmiller,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025 -
The ideology driving that choice traps people in addiction, isolation, and despair.—
Michele Steeb,
Oc Register,
13 June 2025
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Specifically, in what’s known as a founder effect, a small subset of the surviving population branched off to form its own colony, increasing the segregation of fall-spawning and spring-spawning sturgeon.—
Benjamin Cassidy,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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The white minority in South Africa established and perpetuated a culture of apartheid in South Africa for over 40 years until the early 1990s, resulting in systematic oppression, political domination, segregation and discrimination against the predominantly Black population.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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Of course, the materials choice could make this quite a hot box in the summer months, so Elsewhere Pods has installed a mini-split air-conditioning system and insulation to mitigate this, plus the glass is double-glazed.—
Adam Williams
June 01,
New Atlas,
1 June 2025
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Even feathers, which seem delicate, are made of keratin and are engineered for both insulation and lift without adding unnecessary bulk.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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For the better part of a year, New Zealand had zero new COVID cases outside quarantine facilities, and a death count in the double digits.—
Rachel Morris,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
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Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
5 June 2025
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When Bloodlines begins, she’s lived in seclusion for years, having doomed her descendants by cheating death herself.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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Photo : Joe Kravetz for Laurel & Grand Old-growth trees surround the home and add to the sense of seclusion.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
15 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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President Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia achieved new levels of strategic engagement with the region in general, and with Southeast Asia in particular, after years of neglect, but it was challenged by caps on military spending imposed under sequestration.—
Michael J. Green,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2022
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Once in Rafah, the goal was to set up a camp and work to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza, provide humanitarian aid to the strip and protest against Israel's actions in the territory.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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Even if local officials ask for support, the Guard would be called to help with traffic control, escorting people through barricades, setting up blockades and making deliveries far from where local police are interacting with crowds.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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“Counterblockade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterblockade. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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