staving off
Example Sentences
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The company has also reportedly been in discussions about potential concessions in the hope of satisfying Bonta’s concerns and staving off a lawsuit.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
And a sense that this moral fable is playing out in other groups among the 600 or so mountain gorillas who are staving off extinction in their Virunga Mountains enclave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
A $7 billion IMF bailout helped unlock further loans from friendly nations, staving off collapse.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
"The ABC and others cannot be allowed to regard a penalty as an acceptable price to pay for staving off criticism."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Besides staving off economic collapse, the dams are ideologically beguiling to the family that runs the country.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
