prevent
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"Bats have evolved this incredible fitness capacity, this incredible ability to deal with disease and this incredible ability to be able to prevent cancer," he said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
In his post, Amodei called upon the AI industry to slow the pace of model development in order to prevent against safety issues.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026
"We need to know the truth and, based on that, correct whatever is necessary to do everything possible to prevent a tragedy like this from happening again," thre president added.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
But that didn’t prevent these notions from taking root on social media or networks like Hulu.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
It was such an awful thought she could not prevent herself from exclaiming, “Oh, my!”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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When this dry, dusty layer of air is directed across the Atlantic, it prevents storms from growing.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
That could mean that one problematic ballot in a mailing of 10,000 prevents the other 9,999 from being sent until the discrepancy is resolved and the batch checked again.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Laminated glass prevents windshields from breaking spontaneously, he said, and sunroofs should be able to withstand similar pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
"But in principle, nothing prevents us from writing down physical equations for a larger number of dimensions -- five dimensions, forty-two dimensions, or even infinitely many."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Here on the surface of the earth, we are protected against solar flares by our atmosphere, which prevents most of the radiation from reaching the ground.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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Perhaps that was a self-negating prophecy, since warnings like his might have helped put the country on alert and prevented attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Italy's far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said that although their "backgrounds and perspectives differed, that never prevented me from acknowledging her significance and her role in our nation's public life".
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
With few aircraft able to take off, it is understood landings are being restricted, leading to some flights being prevented from departing from overseas airports.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Health issues prevented Leigh from making the trip to Telluride, but he sent a warm video message to introduce the screening, saying the film “speaks for itself.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
For my mother’s part, the fact that this man didn’t particularly want a family with her, was prevented by law from having a family with her, was part of the attraction.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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Officers earlier said the powers were aimed at preventing violence, intimidation and disorder following protests in the city over the past week.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Workers failed to apply enough primer in some areas, preventing layers of the liner from bonding properly.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
The failure highlighted the same problem as the Novartis miss: changing a biological marker isn’t the same thing as preventing a heart attack or stroke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
“They’re going to need to beef up how they talk about safety and preventing some of the issues that are described in some of these tweets,” Martin told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
As if his materialization is preventing her from keeping certain shadows at bay.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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