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Prevent disordered eating, then, and you can prevent eating disorders.

If we want to prevent others from your fate, we need to stop being so passive on these issues.

Overbearing regulations prevent people from doing their jobs.

In 1956, Balenciaga and Givenchy banned the press from viewing their collections for a month to prevent counterfeiting.

The NRA opposed a new California law that will help prevent gun deaths, homicides and suicides both.

The exertions of the city authorities, who had notice of the meditated riot, were unable to prevent or quell it.

To prevent intruders or extruders from withdrawing his mind from the text, he exercises the Inhibitory function of the Attention.

This may be called the first day of the revolution, although the object of the meeting was to prevent such a catastrophe.

Tom held to his strange belief to 'Let it all come,' he would not try to prevent; he would neither shirk nor dodge.

He used every artifice to prevent a collision between the French and Neapolitan troops.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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