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Sequestered in a room with other members of Congress, she took charge, calling for backup and advising Vice President Mike Pence of the threat while unwrapping a Slim Jim with her teeth.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022

Sequestered and without access to mobile phones or television, the jury deliberated for roughly seven hours before recommending a life sentence, without the possibility of parole.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2022

Sequestered with his family for 18 months in their 1955 cabin in Esopus, New York, he embarked on a long busman’s holiday.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2022

Sequestered high above most of the city, the living memorial today constitutes a hushed and evocative refuge from Washington’s quotidian intrigues.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2017

Sequestered properly is used of something which, being in dispute, is deposited in a third person's hands: hence of something set apart or in retirement.

From MacMillan's Reading Books Book V by Anonymous