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In March, for example, an international team led by researchers at the University of Italian Switzerland reported that it had isolated several human antibodies aimed at conserved targets on spike, unchanged across multiple viral variants.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2023

Arab nations which had isolated Syria over its crackdown against protests in 2011 are developing a roadmap to end the 12-year war and reintegrate Syria into the Arab fold.

From Reuters • May 3, 2023

Then she had isolated each pupa into a tiny, dry test tube.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Police said the focus then turned to a man who had isolated himself in a neighboring apartment, a man later identified as Sundberg.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2022

He found that the men couldn’t forget their in-country years, and that the experience had isolated them from their friends, their family, and even from whom they’d been before going to Vietnam.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge