averted
Example Sentences
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That has led to higher prices for jet fuel, just a few months after global airlines, U.S. carriers included, averted a major fuel crisis that had threatened their all-important summer travel season.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
As a result of its new approach, the EPA no longer estimates the number of lives saved or diseases and hospitalizations averted.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2026
Major conflicts were averted, and so perhaps was another gathering next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Crisis had been averted and a last-16 tie against either Ivory Coast or Norway awaits.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
The thing he saw in the averted glance of the servants at his boarding school; the bootblack who tap-danced for a penny.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
