averted
Example Sentences
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As a result of its new approach, the EPA no longer estimates the number of lives saved or diseases and hospitalizations averted.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2026
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
None of the sovereign defaults over the past decade—among them Argentina, Ecuador, Ghana, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela—would have been averted by a debt pause.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Summer strikes at one of Scotland's busiest airports have been averted after two new pay deals were struck.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The clerks averted their eyes as Mom fished the sock out of her bra, explaining to everyone within earshot that this was her way of making sure she was never pickpocketed.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
