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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

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

In order to forestall outbreaks of retaliatory violence, we arranged a week-long series of mass rallies and demonstrations throughout the country.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The settlement forestalls a trial over the city’s culpability, while letting stand a jury verdict against Bueno from March.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 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

If you feel like you must have an excuse that forestalls follow-up questions, you can always say the pregnancy has been hard on you and you’re just not up for a party.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2019

He forestalls all he is to receive, and unless the importunity begins with you, mine will avail nothing.

From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by E. S. Roscoe

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

But dementia can be forestalled with practical and affordable measures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2023

In reality, the fair was far behind schedule, with worse delay forestalled only by the winter’s mildness.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

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