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The pier was announced by President Biden in his March State of the Union address as part of a broader effort by his administration to get food and other lifesaving aid to starving Gazans as the humanitarian situation worsens and the enclave remains largely sealed off.
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Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
The project’s most ingenious element is a series of 36 sea gates, including two massive gates at the mouth of the Houston Ship Channel, that will seal off Galveston Bay from a devastating surge in the event of an incoming storm.
—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Federal security forces sealed off roads to prevent an escape.
—Charles Maynes, NPR, 25 June 2024
In June 2020, when a single new case was confirmed in Beijing, the local government quickly identified the origin point of the outbreak, sealed off high-risk neighborhoods, and launched mass testing of ten million people.
—Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2022
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Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
The project’s most ingenious element is a series of 36 sea gates, including two massive gates at the mouth of the Houston Ship Channel, that will seal off Galveston Bay from a devastating surge in the event of an incoming storm.
—Xander Peters, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
Federal security forces sealed off roads to prevent an escape.
—Charles Maynes, NPR, 25 June 2024
In June 2020, when a single new case was confirmed in Beijing, the local government quickly identified the origin point of the outbreak, sealed off high-risk neighborhoods, and launched mass testing of ten million people.
—Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2022
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“Seal off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seal%20off. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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