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avert

[uh-vurt] / əˈvɜrt /


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LOS ANGELES—Around 2,000 hospitality workers at Los Angeles’s SoFi Stadium have reached a deal that will likely avert a strike during the World Cup, their union said Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Konate returned early from compassionate leave to help Liverpool avert an injury crisis at the end of January but the centre-back conceded that things were never quite right.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Samsung Electronics' labour union is expected to announce Wednesday whether chip workers voted to ratify a wage deal that would deliver massive AI-linked bonuses and helped avert a major strike.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy foreign minister, said that while the country hopes to avert conflict, it is hardening its defenses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

The trick of emptying, in fact the only way it was possible for her, was to close her eyes, hold her breath and avert her head.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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