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prevent

[pri-vent] / prɪˈvɛnt /


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While financial support exists for low-income Medicare enrollees, administrative barriers often prevent and discourage beneficiaries from accessing these programs, analysts said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 27, 2026

"When that happens, triplets easily fizzle out before they ever meet. Molecules must be close enough for energy to transfer but separated enough to prevent quenching of excitons."

From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026

Rodríguez—and her allies in Washington—are eager to prevent this disaster from becoming a similar indictment of government failure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Today’s decision permits the executive, in at least some circumstances, to prevent that process from ever beginning by controlling the very event that triggers it.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026

Would her instruction to think of the chickens as baby dodos be enough to prevent mayhem?

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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