avert
Example Sentences
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Analysts are looking to a meeting Wednesday between Danish and Greenland ministers and U.S. officials to see if a diplomatic off-ramp can be found to avert another geopolitical crisis.
From Barron's
The 59-year-old was "highly trained" and had a "constellation of information" telling him he needed to act but the Old Bailey heard he did the opposite and failed to avert the collision.
From BBC
While an environmental disaster from the jet fuel spillage was averted, the coastguard undertook a clean-up operation after discovering clumps of plastic pellets, or nurdles, in the sea and washed ashore.
From Barron's
A subsequent cooling in the labor market prompted three straight quarter-point rate cuts between September and December, moves aimed at averting a deeper slowdown.
This year the EU threatened 50% tariffs on American whiskey, though that was eventually averted, which was good news for Kentuckians.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
