avert
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Perhaps the U.S. and Canada will come to some agreement in the coming days and avert more economic upheaval.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
But some experts believe a new strategy emerging from his administration could avert a more consequential defeat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Romania had been trying to avert a complete shutdown of the plant's two 700MW reactors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
It comes at a time when Canadian negotiators are working urgently to avert a planned 50% American tariff on roughly $20 billion to $28 billion in Canadian goods.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Polly hurried down the stairs and out to the kitchen, desperate to avert a tragedy.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
But for now, there’s a plan that averts shutdown impacts at the IRS.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026
The deal is good because it averts an outcome that has become common: the conversion of a great studio into a diminished version of itself after being absorbed by a traditional rival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
The settlement averts a trial that had been set to start next month.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
President Biden is scheduled to deliver a rare Oval Office address on Friday evening after congressional passage of legislation that narrowly averts the economic calamity of a first-ever default on the nation’s debt.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
He averts his eyes, but tightens his grip around my back.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Oil and equity traders bet that the strait would remain open and a large-scale war averted despite the heightened tensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Although financial collapse was averted, the troubles that contributed to the receivership were exacerbated over the years by leadership instability — with 11 appointed leaders over an 11-year span.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Compound that with domestic crises like a narrowly averted Samsung factory strike and an overall slowdown in non-tech industries, and things have become rather volatile on the peninsula.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
A sleepless night averted, he went on to win 6-1 6-4.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
He averted his eyes and leaned down to scratch an imaginary bug bite on his leg.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
The armed forces are authorized to assist federal and state police in averting dangers posed by unmanned drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
In May, Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube reached confidential settlements with a Kentucky school district, averting another landmark trial in the northern California city of Oakland.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Meta and the other companies settled with a Kentucky school district, averting a trial slated for June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
On the NYSE, new 52-week highs outpaced new lows and numbered more than 100 again, so this buy signal is still in place — narrowly averting being stopped out.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
I went around averting my eyes and trying not to stare.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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