prevent
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Santa Clara County’s Public Health Department urged unvaccinated people who may have been exposed to measles to quarantine to help prevent the virus from spreading rapidly through the population.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026
You need to prevent people pulling muscles and allow them to get the hydration in.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
"Disease-causing variants lead to disrupted production of the CD99L2 protein in the cell and prevent its interaction with CAPN1," explains Dr. Jonasz Weber.
From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026
I like to caramelize yellow onions with butter and a pinch of salt before adding a clove or two of fresh garlic, stirring continuously to prevent them from burning.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
Perhaps she had come to prevent her unhappy customer from dripping hot salty tears on the books.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing prevent
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