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Pakistan has sealed off Islamabad with shipping containers and shut down major roads and highways connecting the city with PTI strongholds in Punjab and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
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Riazat Butt The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
While doing a preliminary search of the house, officers allegedly only sealed off JonBenét’s bedroom as a crime scene and allowed the family and their friends to roam freely inside the house for several hours, potentially contaminating crucial evidence.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
The leak was quickly sealed off, though an electric company crew remained at the scene Friday afternoon.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024
In preparation, the Israeli military launched small raids and artillery fire across the Lebanon border, and sealed off several communities in northern Israel, limiting the movement of civilians there.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
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Riazat Butt The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
While doing a preliminary search of the house, officers allegedly only sealed off JonBenét’s bedroom as a crime scene and allowed the family and their friends to roam freely inside the house for several hours, potentially contaminating crucial evidence.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
The leak was quickly sealed off, though an electric company crew remained at the scene Friday afternoon.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024
In preparation, the Israeli military launched small raids and artillery fire across the Lebanon border, and sealed off several communities in northern Israel, limiting the movement of civilians there.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Seal off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seal%20off. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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