preventing

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If policymakers instead focus on strengthening insurance coverage and preventing insurers from denying or delaying access to breakthrough treatments, patients could have equitable access to the miracle drugs of today — and tomorrow.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Manu Narayan, GitLab’s CIO, said the software-development tool maker’s existing governance and guardrails are “holding the line” in preventing too much AI agent proliferation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Keeping India's external balances under control while preventing further rupee weakness will be the "key macroeconomic challenge" this year, India's chief economic adviser, V Anantha Nageswaran, said recently.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

At the same time, it may also have allowed gases and fluids to escape sideways, reducing pressure within the magma and preventing it from erupting.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

By April 21 Olmsted was again confined to bed “with sore throat, an ulcerating tooth, and much pain preventing sleep.”

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