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prevent

[pri-vent] / prɪˈvɛnt /


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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

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

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

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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