averted
Example Sentences
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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
The call that might have averted disaster came into William Mulholland’s office that morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
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
But he averted his eyes until it was over.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
