avert

Example Sentences

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Tinubu said that more personnel would be deployed to "vulnerable areas to avert further incidents of kidnapping".

From BBC

Aimed at averting all-out trade war, the deal agreed on a 15-percent US levy for most EU exports -- but both sides continue to push for more concessions.

From Barron's

The Paris climate agreement signed in 2015 has the goal of limiting average global temperature rise to well below 2C and to strive for 1.5C to avert drastic climate change.

From BBC

Businesses hailed the deal as averting potential disaster for the export-driven Swiss economy.

From Barron's

According to Tusk, the damage to the track "was likely intended to derail a train" -- a danger averted as a driver spotted the damage.

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