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But some experts believe a new strategy emerging from his administration could avert a more consequential defeat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

It comes at a time when Canadian negotiators are working urgently to avert a planned 50% American tariff on roughly $20 billion to $28 billion in Canadian goods.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

But it is Philippa Northeast as Sybylla who is the shiny thing from which we cannot avert our eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

"What you worry about is the repeated shocks are building a muscle memory of what it means to raise prices, and that's the exact thing the Federal Reserve is tasked to avert," she said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Now, merely to avert any ill-luck, I babble mechanically: “I will fulfil everything, fulfil everything I have promised you—” but already I know that I shall not do so.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

That marks a drop of more than 30% from their May peak and likely averts the disaster commodity experts had warned about as one of the largest crude supply shortages in history began playing out.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026

The deal is good because it averts an outcome that has become common: the conversion of a great studio into a diminished version of itself after being absorbed by a traditional rival.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

The bipartisan measure, passed by the House on Wednesday and the Senate on Thursday, averts the potential of an unprecedented government default that would have rocked the U.S. and global economies.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2023

President Biden is scheduled to deliver a rare Oval Office address on Friday evening after congressional passage of legislation that narrowly averts the economic calamity of a first-ever default on the nation’s debt.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

Mrs. Koster averts her eyes, staring down at the new wedding band on her finger, and I have a new, ugly suspicion.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

Major conflicts were averted, and so perhaps was another gathering next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Compound that with domestic crises like a narrowly averted Samsung factory strike and an overall slowdown in non-tech industries, and things have become rather volatile on the peninsula.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

None of the sovereign defaults over the past decade—among them Argentina, Ecuador, Ghana, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela—would have been averted by a debt pause.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The board’s actions came on the same day that it approved major labor agreements, which narrowly averted a strike in April.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

I averted my eyes, and saw that the other kids were doing the same.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

Meta and the other companies settled with a Kentucky school district, averting a trial slated for June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Sullenberger's quick thinking and calm demeanour were credited with averting disaster.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The boom has also fuelled worker demands over pay packages, with Samsung averting a major strike in May by agreeing a deal on bonuses with its largest union.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

On the NYSE, new 52-week highs outpaced new lows and numbered more than 100 again, so this buy signal is still in place — narrowly averting being stopped out.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

At the last possible second, Lefty would spring awake, taking the wheel and averting disaster.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides