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Nevertheless, some of them come together to try to forestall the installation of the solar array.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

But there are signs of life emerging that could help forestall another historic low point.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

This action was taken for three reasons: to protect American lives, to forestall further chaos, and to help restore democratic institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

You can’t know everything that will happen, but thinking through as much as you can will forestall a lot of bad outcomes.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026

He checked himself in some confusion and, to forestall Bigwig’s rebuke, spoke to Hazel at once.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

The new contract may help him address its persistent quality problems, and certainly forestalls a machinists’ strike that was threatened to start Thursday, the deadline for union members to ratify the contract.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024

The agreement comes after talks began several weeks ago, and forestalls a May 31 deadline for workers to strike.

From Reuters ● May 11, 2022

“It looks like either he senses something is coming or is hoping this move forestalls it,” said Wilde.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2022

Yet many physicians have the mistaken belief that a longer course of antibiotics forestalls resistant strains.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2021

Man, what thy mother bare thee born to say Speak; for no word yet wavering on thy lip Can wound me worse than thought forestalls or fear.

From Erechtheus A Tragedy (New Edition) by Algernon Charles Swinburne

And a judge last week ordered the town to release video of the incident, a move the town forestalled by appealing Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Wednesday’s decision forestalled any such attack on double jeopardy.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2024

Until they realize that living together, as messy as it is likely to be, is far preferable to the existential fear of foreshortened, forestalled and anxiety-filled lives recycled forever.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2024

At the same time, steady growth and hiring have forestalled a recession, which was widely predicted at the end of last year.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

She nodded almost imperceptibly and then opened her mouth, but Snape forestalled her.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

The rate of U.S. inflation could soon top 3% and push the Federal Reserve further away from its 2% target, forestalling additional reductions in interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026

A study published last year in the journal Nature, for example, found that a personalized vaccine showed promise in forestalling recurrence of clear cell renal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of kidney cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

Beshear’s refusal was enormously significant in forestalling a real step backward for the abolitionist movement.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025

Gill underplays Booth’s mental challenges, perhaps forestalling a diagnosis that could make it easier for us to distance ourselves from the character.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025

The answer was accepted and amplified by Rav Gershenson, thereby forestalling Danny’s poised hand.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok