averted
Example Sentences
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The immediate threat may now have been averted for the football pitch.
From BBC
"These quiet victories of international cooperation -- the wars prevented, the famine averted, the vital treaties secured -- do not always make the headlines," he said.
From Barron's
While an environmental disaster from the jet fuel spillage was averted, the coastguard undertook a clean-up operation after discovering clumps of plastic pellets, or nurdles, in the sea and washed ashore.
From Barron's
The N train at last rumbled in, and Boaz carefully averted his eyes.
From Literature
This year the EU threatened 50% tariffs on American whiskey, though that was eventually averted, which was good news for Kentuckians.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
