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Perhaps the U.S. and Canada will come to some agreement in the coming days and avert more economic upheaval.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 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

Justice Secretary Alex Norris said the government was trying to avert "a prison capacity crisis".

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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 law also averts a previous patchwork of state laws and regulations that govern HFCs.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 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

She speaks matter-of-factly, but nevertheless she averts her gaze.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Had she done so a tragedy may have been averted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Although financial collapse was averted, the troubles that contributed to the receivership were exacerbated over the years by leadership instability — with 11 appointed leaders over an 11-year span.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

Crisis had been averted and a last-16 tie against either Ivory Coast or Norway awaits.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

With eyes for the most part downcast and, if ever they lighted on a fellow creature, at once and furtively averted, Bernard hastened across the roof.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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

In May, Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube reached confidential settlements with a Kentucky school district, averting another landmark trial in the northern California city of Oakland.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 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

Jack Hendry was superb, averting danger more than once with his pace and reading of the game.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

She took her seat next to James, averting her eyes from him, too.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman