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  • noun Plural form of quarantine.

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Examples

  • Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa has called the quarantines in Beijing and elsewhere discriminatory and urged Mexicans not to travel to China until the situation is resolved.

    AllDeaf.com 2009

  • Mexico's foreign minister calls the quarantines in Beijing and elsewhere discriminatory and is urging Mexicans not to travel to China until the situation is resolved.

    unknown title 2009

  • Mexico's foreign minister calls the quarantines in Beijing and elsewhere discriminatory and is urging Mexicans not to travel to China until the situation is resolved.

    unknown title 2009

  • Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa has called the quarantines in Beijing and elsewhere discriminatory and urged Mexicans not to travel to China until the situation is resolved.

    AllDeaf.com 2009

  • This isn't the first time we've seen internments, detentions or "quarantines" in the form of blacklists.

    The New Cold War: America v. America 2009

  • For their part, the administration is hard at work suggesting "quarantines", because, let's face it, even a hypothetical theft of civil liberties turns them on.

    Bill Robinson: The Bird Flu Is A Cock-Tease 2008

  • Experts say alternatives, like U.N. Security Council sanctions, or some kind of quarantines, are considerably more aggressive options, but ones that will be discussed if the talks will ultimately not be able to be reconvened -- Lou.

    CNN Transcript May 19, 2005 2005

  • National Strategy For Pandemic Influenza in November 2005; it envisioned closer coordination among federal agencies, the stockpiling and distribution of vaccines and anti-viral drugs, and, if necessary, government-imposed "quarantines" and "limitations on gatherings." planning document summarizing the military's contingency plan says the Pentagon is prepared to assist in "quarantining groups of people in order to minimize the spread of disease during an influenza pandemic" and aiding in "efforts to restore and maintain order."

    GlobalResearch.ca 2009

  • Drastic actions such as quarantines aren't as helpful as they might appear.

    AroundTheCapitol.com 2009

  • National Strategy For Pandemic Influenza in November 2005; it envisioned closer coordination among federal agencies, the stockpiling and distribution of vaccines and anti-viral drugs, and, if necessary, government-imposed "quarantines" and "limitations on gatherings." planning document summarizing the military's contingency plan says the Pentagon is prepared to assist in "quarantining groups of people in order to minimize the spread of disease during an influenza pandemic" and aiding in "efforts to restore and maintain order."

    GlobalResearch.ca 2009

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