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“We have isolated photos, but we don’t know exactly what was found, how it was found,” Sheinbaum told reporters Thursday at her daily news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

In an experiment akin to stop-motion photography, scientists have isolated the energetic movement of an electron while "freezing" the motion of the much larger atom it orbits in a sample of liquid water.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

Local authorities said they have isolated the worst damaged part of Derna amid growing concerns about potential infection by waterborne diseases.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Beijing’s leaders were looking for ways to adjust the stringent measures that have isolated the country from much of the world, dragged its economy down and disrupted the lives of millions of citizens.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2022

But it would not have isolated the individual from the world, and consequently isolated individuals—in theory—from one another.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John