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Taiwan is part of the First Island Chain, a U.S. maritime containment strategy that also involves Japan and the Philippines, which is aimed at restricting the Chinese military's access to the wider Pacific Ocean in the event of conflict.
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Residents were still under evacuation orders as crews worked for more containment.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Evacuation orders remained in effect in Inyo and Mono counties as firefighters prepared to spend the night bolstering containment lines and monitoring for hot spots, according to Cal Fire.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
The response to track damage has been both in the form of placing boulders to build up revetments and the construction of containment walls.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2025
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Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Residents were still under evacuation orders as crews worked for more containment.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
Evacuation orders remained in effect in Inyo and Mono counties as firefighters prepared to spend the night bolstering containment lines and monitoring for hot spots, according to Cal Fire.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
The response to track damage has been both in the form of placing boulders to build up revetments and the construction of containment walls.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for containment
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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