averting

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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

Two 24-hour strikes by London Underground drivers will go ahead on Tuesday and Thursday, as talks aimed at averting the action have broken down, the BBC understands.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Samsung Electronics’ 005930 7.53%increase; green up pointing triangle unionized workers have approved a tentative bonus-pay deal reached last week with the company, averting a strike at the world’s largest memory-chip maker.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Samsung management and its union leaders reached a tentative bonus-pay agreement last week, averting a strike at the world’s largest memory-chip maker, although it is subject to a worker vote.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

As the offspring of traitors, his one chance at redemption—and his only way of averting starvation—was hard work.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden