forestall
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To forestall this happening to younger women who are currently caregiving, she educates them about spousal IRAs, which allow nonworking spouses to save for retirement based on household income.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
But there are signs of life emerging that could help forestall another historic low point.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
When they are deployed to forestall disruptions, the U.S. sacrifices some efficiency for economic protection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Officials struggled to answer questions about post-fire beach safety in part because of a lack of historical data on pollution levels, a pitfall researchers would like to forestall before another disaster arrives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
He made a shooing motion to forestall his student’s protest.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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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
Yet many physicians have the mistaken belief that a longer course of antibiotics forestalls resistant strains.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2021
But owing to his love of activity he exercises more than any other type and thus forestalls many diseases.
From How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types by Elsie Lincoln Benedict
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
“There, there, old girl. Don’t fret. Many times in our history has tragedy been forestalled by miraculous happenings.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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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
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