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forestall

[fohr-stawl, fawr-] / foʊrˈstɔl, fɔr- /


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Nevertheless, some of them come together to try to forestall the installation of the solar array.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

But there are signs of life emerging that could help forestall another historic low point.

From Barron's May 25, 2026

This action was taken for three reasons: to protect American lives, to forestall further chaos, and to help restore democratic institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

You can’t know everything that will happen, but thinking through as much as you can will forestall a lot of bad outcomes.

From MarketWatch Apr. 22, 2026

Rumors circulated that Adams intended to step down from office in order to permit Jefferson, still his vice president, to succeed him, in an effort to forestall a constitutional crisis.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The agreement comes after talks began several weeks ago, and forestalls a May 31 deadline for workers to strike.

From Reuters May 11, 2022

“It looks like either he senses something is coming or is hoping this move forestalls it,” said Wilde.

From Washington Post Feb. 26, 2022

By pretending that his stock sales were mandated by his Twitter voters, Musk forestalls any speculation that they reflect his doubts about Tesla’s future or about its stratospheric stock market valuation.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 2021

Yet many physicians have the mistaken belief that a longer course of antibiotics forestalls resistant strains.

From Scientific American Jul. 27, 2021

Aware that much in the work of Goethe would seem "faulty" to many, he forestalls the objection at the outset.

From English literary criticism by Various

And a judge last week ordered the town to release video of the incident, a move the town forestalled by appealing Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

Wednesday’s decision forestalled any such attack on double jeopardy.

From Slate Feb. 21, 2024

Until they realize that living together, as messy as it is likely to be, is far preferable to the existential fear of foreshortened, forestalled and anxiety-filled lives recycled forever.

From Salon Jan. 1, 2024

But dementia can be forestalled with practical and affordable measures.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2023

Cora closed her eyes, but a vision of the boy lying in bed, his head bandaged and the big man with the beard standing over him, forestalled her slumber.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The rate of U.S. inflation could soon top 3% and push the Federal Reserve further away from its 2% target, forestalling additional reductions in interest rates.

From MarketWatch Mar. 25, 2026

A study published last year in the journal Nature, for example, found that a personalized vaccine showed promise in forestalling recurrence of clear cell renal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of kidney cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

Beshear’s refusal was enormously significant in forestalling a real step backward for the abolitionist movement.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2025

Gill underplays Booth’s mental challenges, perhaps forestalling a diagnosis that could make it easier for us to distance ourselves from the character.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2025

From his putting his finger to his lips, I gathered that he expected her to wake before long and was afraid of forestalling nature.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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