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Hence the strange desire for bold action to forestall a crisis that hasn’t happened: the supposedly coming economic disruption caused by artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

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

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

Officials struggled to answer questions about post-fire beach safety in part because of a lack of historical data on pollution levels, a pitfall researchers would like to forestall before another disaster arrives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026

"The threat of an H5N1 pandemic in humans is a genuine one, but we can hope to forestall it through better surveillance and a more nimble public-health response," Prof Menon told the BBC.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

As he was speaking, he put the lamp on a bracket on the wall, and stepping out, took my luggage; he had carried it in before I could forestall him.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

The settlement forestalls a trial over the city’s culpability, while letting stand a jury verdict against Bueno from March.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

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

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

From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2021

Therefore such movement of the sensuality as forestalls the reason, is a venial sin, which is something imperfect in the genus of sin.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas

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

At the same time, steady growth and hiring have forestalled a recession, which was widely predicted at the end of last year.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

She nodded almost imperceptibly and then opened her mouth, but Snape forestalled her.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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