preventing

Example Sentences

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“If you start chipping away at it and preventing people from doing something as simple as speaking in a public park, in this case about yoga, you create a dangerous precedent.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

The first is to sit off more passively in a compact block, allowing the opposition to have more of the ball but preventing them the space to play through.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

Instead, different groups of animals may have independently developed distinct molecular systems for detecting viruses and preventing them from spreading.

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

Andrew Cuomo signed a law tightening rent regulations, in part by preventing landlords from converting rent-stabilized apartments to market-rate when units were vacated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

As if his materialization is preventing her from keeping certain shadows at bay.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr