prevented
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At last year's summit, fossil fuels were not mentioned by name in the final agreement after oil and gas-producing nations prevented consensus on the issue.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
In 1968, he appeared in Alan Bennett's first West End play Forty Years On and was forced to adopt his mother's maiden name, as union rules prevented two actors from having the same name.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
It also increased the infiltration of T cells, immune cells that are typically prevented from entering pancreatic tumors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
Such problems have occurred many other times, though generally they have not prevented executions from proceeding.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Of course, she could have prevented the watch from being broken if she had only believed me when I told her that I was going to break it.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
