prevent
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Shelter said it wanted him to use October's Budget to "kickstart the council house revolution he promised" by removing financial barriers that prevent councils from building more social rent homes.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
After all, an emergency fund exists to prevent you from having to make a harsh decision at an inconvenient time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
District Court judge denied an emergency application seeking to prevent the county from euthanizing Bruce, a 100-pound black and tan German shepherd mix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
That conviction has driven Markus to experiment with a number of different open models, including powerful new models from China, which help prevent AT&T from becoming “beholden to any one solution,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
But it never enjoyed the support it needed to achieve universal disarmament and prevent another war.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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For example, Denmark, which Kennedy has held up as a model, doesn’t pay for the rotavirus vaccine, “which prevents a virus that causes vomiting, diarrhea, and severe dehydration,” Offit says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Genius Act prevents stablecoin issuers from functioning like deposit-taking banks by banning them from paying interest or yield to token holders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
It also prevents sides from manipulating the cap.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The method also prevents carbon from escaping into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
It causes no damage to the lock, yet it prevents the key from entering, so the door cannot be opened.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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This mismatch has prevented conventional stainless steel from being used effectively in some high voltage electrochemical applications.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The couple from East Sussex, who both deny espionage, went on hunger strike in May when prison authorities prevented them from calling their families.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
In Michigan, narrow criteria and confusion over eligibility have prevented exonerees from getting paid.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
The last one took place in 2011, and economic and political crises since then have prevented another from occurring.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Just as often, however, Adams also used the correspondence to unburden himself of opinions that his muzzled status in the Senate prevented him from sharing publicly.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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But in the Kimana reserve, AFP journalists saw six carcasses on Wednesday -- some fresh, others older -- with rangers also observing partial paralysis, preventing the animals from standing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Your friend may — or may not — get lucky with preventing Medicaid’s estate-recovery program.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Angela Rayner said the government was still looking at all options around the prisons crisis and preventing the early release of PC Harper's killers.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Brooks has described applying for compensation as torturous, a barricade that is constantly preventing him from being able to move forward.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
While you were logged in, you could walk or run in any direction and the sphere would rotate around and beneath you, preventing you from ever touching the wall.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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