prevention
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Young teaches himself to code and envisions an app that will focus on mental health and suicide prevention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Better forest management and fire prevention can make a difference, however.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Yang emphasized that more research will be required before treatments aimed at PEs can be tested as prevention or therapy in people.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
"It certainly has become more of a problem," said Paul Foster, who leads cyber prevention work at the NCA.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Remember, an ounce of prevention ...” “Ai, Chihuahua . . .” Bernabe whimpered, settling back.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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"There were these pressure alarm mats, but as soon as you stood on them, they would slip from underneath your feet – they were used as preventions, but were actually causing the falls."
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
U.S. taxpayers invested billions of dollars in the effort and were able, until recently, to access treatments and preventions for the virus without paying out-of-pocket for them.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
"Epidemic preventions have been lifted...COVID-19 testing sites are mostly being dismantled... So, because right now in Chaoyang district cases are quite high, it is better to stock up on some medicines," he said.
From Reuters ● Dec. 7, 2022
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabe Weinberg said at the time that the reason for it was a search syndication agreement with Microsoft, and that more updates on third-party tracker preventions were coming.
From The Verge ● Aug. 5, 2022
I needed great things, perhaps, but I needed them expressed in little ways; and I needed little cares, little attentions, little thoughtfulnesses, little preventions, little, little, absurd kindnesses, tendernesses, recognitions, forgivenesses.
From A Spirit in Prison by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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