prevent
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Seoul's education ministry's new measures to prevent cheating using smart glasses, announced Thursday, included assigning a "designated staff member" at each examination centre to identify suspicious eyewear.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Despite his best efforts, the immigration lawyer was unable to prevent his own relative from being deported back to Cuba.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Cranberry juice has long been used to help prevent urinary tract infections.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Incredibly, it’s Moran and Eagle Rock standing in the way on Friday night trying to prevent Marshall from going 10-0 in the regular season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
In order to prevent any preplanned trickery, the committee changed the Thursday afternoon location to the Post home.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Mr. Logan warns the careless away from parking on gravesites and prevents bridal photo shoots from disturbing those who have come to mourn the more recently deceased.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
One possible explanation is a layer of highly reflective silicate clouds that prevents the surface from reaching the extreme temperatures expected on an exposed rocky planet.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
McDonagh has a contract that prevents any meddling with his words.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
That’s because the measure prevents state and local officials from changing the rules for a project once its application is submitted, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The explanation is that occasional individual almond trees have a mutation in a single gene that prevents them from synthesizing the bitter-tasting amygdalin.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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That limbo, which for some of the named plaintiffs has lasted more than a year, has prevented them from moving forward in other ways in their financial lives, attorneys for the borrowers say.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The move follows unionist anger over Sinn Féin's involvement in protests which prevented a contentious Orange Order march in Portadown from passing along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
She claims concrete foundations and trenches for access roads have prevented rainwater from draining towards the sea.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
When this channel was disabled in mice, the disease was prevented.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
“Why this failure? Could it have been prevented? What lessons could be drawn from our experiences that would enable others to avoid similar failures?”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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Last season, the flu shot was 31% effective at preventing flu-related hospitalizations across all ages, according to early estimates from the CDC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu had meanwhile frozen Mbappe's account, where he has over a million followers, preventing him from gaining any new ones.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Mellor said war in the region was causing shipping delays for materials and preventing work from taking place.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The people living right up against the water were the last and only line of defense preventing water from coming in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Lister concluded that carbolic acid was the best at preventing infection.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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