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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

If one spouse gets sick, the other spouse can care for them with the help of the close family, and hopefully forestall any inpatient nursing needs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

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

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

The potential tie-up would create an advertising behemoth that could help the companies forestall declines as listeners increasingly shift to streaming platforms and podcasts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 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

There is a good chance that this sordid case will now end in a victory for Silva’s targets, or at least a dismissal that forestalls a ruinous, million-dollar judgment against them.

From Slate ● May 4, 2023

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

Tante had smiled upon her, deeply, had held her hand, closely, and had asked, with the playful air which forestalls gratitude, how she liked her present.

From Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

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

So this was largely a case of harm forestalled rather than harm halted: implementation is easier in such cases, as no ‘making good’ is required.

From Salon ● May 28, 2025

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

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 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

And Kino, looking closely, saw deep worry come into his brother’s eyes and he forestalled him in a possible refusal.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

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

Publication of these studies is far in the future, but in the meantime, the mathematical model offers a starting point for considering the feasibility and possible benefits of forestalling menopause in healthy women.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024

From his putting his finger to his lips, I gathered that he expected her to wake before long and was afraid of forestalling nature.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker