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Because of self-isolation efforts, McKaela, a cruise ship dancer, spent a great deal of her time in the family’s Martinez, Calif., home with her grandfather.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

The area is inhabited by the Tagaeri and Taromenani, who live in self-isolation.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023

Park Tae-hong, another former recluse, said self-isolation can be "comforting" to some people.

From BBC • May 26, 2023

Still, the lockdowns and self-isolation of these Covid years had exacerbated what the survey's authors called a "loneliness epidemic."

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2023

But through all her relations with that magnificent incarnation of self-isolation and self-love, she is compelled to cower before him. 

From The Ethics of George Eliot's Works by Brown, John Crombie