single out
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“Public-health policies that single out non-U.S. citizens won’t prevent viruses from crossing our borders,” Jeanne Marrazzo, CEO of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said in a statement.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Instead of leveling whole cities, we can single out enemies and spare innocents.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
The district goals single out third-grade reading because by third grade, students should be reading to learn rather than learning to read.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
Then again, England's overall record in Australia is so bad it feels pointless to single out individual venues.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025
Otto's unmarried colleagues looked around the room, trying to single out the recently divorced sister they'd heard so much about.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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