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But as European and U.S. manufacturers tightened controls to avert diversions by the Houthis and the Iranians, the Yemeni rebels turned to China, arms experts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Clubs can no longer sell a player for a one-hit quick fix - either to boost spending power in one window or to avert breaches of the financial regulations.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

The Paqo and this man stood nose to nose, interlocking gazes with an intensity that caused me to avert my eyes.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

That marks a drop of more than 30% from their May peak and likely averts the disaster commodity experts had warned about as one of the largest crude supply shortages in history began playing out.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 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

“We have found a good solution that averts a disproportionate burdening of agriculture — you know I always warned against that,” Özdemir said in a brief statement to reporters in Berlin.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

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

Mrs. Koster averts her eyes, staring down at the new wedding band on her finger, and I have a new, ugly suspicion.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

That has led to higher prices for jet fuel, just a few months after global airlines, U.S. carriers included, averted a major fuel crisis that had threatened their all-important summer travel season.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Major conflicts were averted, and so perhaps was another gathering next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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

“It?” asked Lazlo, remembering the way Eril-Fane had averted his eyes and said he didn’t sleep well in Weep.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

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

Swiss voters appear to have rejected a high-stakes proposal to impose a hard constitutional cap on the country’s population, according to early projections, averting a potential diplomatic clash with the European Union.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Two 24-hour strikes by London Underground drivers will go ahead on Tuesday and Thursday, as talks aimed at averting the action have broken down, the BBC understands.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

“But not the way I wanted it to,” he says, averting his glance.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins