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Now, researchers are exploring whether similar approaches could help prevent or manage far more widespread health problems, including high cholesterol, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Ostensibly, the prosecutors acted to prevent the statute of limitations from expiring.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

The ICJ has already made one ruling in this case, ordering Myanmar in 2020 to "take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts" described by the Genocide Convention.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Lennon Miller made a rare start on Saturday but could not prevent a 5-2 home defeat by Roma that leaves Udinese without a win in eight.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

We made it to the top of the hill, stopped only momentarily by two Union guards stationed in the trees to prevent anyone sneaking up from behind.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Virginia and other states are trying to slow ‘super speeders’ with GPS technology that prevents their cars from blowing the speed limit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

By converting part of the glucose into gluconate, the implant prevents that portion from being metabolized and stored in tissues, potentially helping reduce fat accumulation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

The system prevents people who register with it from accessing gambling websites and apps licensed in Great Britain.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

With only 22 participants and a testing period lasting just 30 minutes after consumption, the study cannot establish whether drinking cranberry juice regularly prevents cavities or produces lasting improvements in dental health.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Clara decided that if craziness can repeat itself in a family, then there must be a genetic memory that prevents it from being swallowed by oblivion.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

The problem with this explanation is that it is doubtful that the government’s information prevented the statute-of-limitations period from expiring.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Surely that prevented the striker from being able to play the ball?

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The rotating platform prevented the trees from receiving a consistent directional signal from gravity, while the surrounding light eliminated cues about which way they should grow.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

“They were also concerned to hear that your mother has prevented me from seeing my daughter.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

This hydrogen formed a kind of cosmic fog that absorbed ultraviolet radiation, preventing that light from traveling freely across the universe.

From Science Daily ● 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

So many talented players of his generation lamented the presence of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, believing the 'Big Three' to be a blockade preventing them from becoming a Grand Slam champion.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 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

Most culturists, like George, were biologists; they knew nothing about preventing contamination.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot