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EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic will head to Beijing on Thursday for two days of make-or-break meetings with Chinese officials to try to stave off a trade war.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

It can make us feel more alert, improve concentration and stave off tiredness.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

So they ran routes in the frontyard or shot hoops in the driveway or rode bikes in the neighborhood, anything to stave off the inevitable draw of mindless videos on YouTube.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

For borrowers, this helps stave off foreclosure without requiring extra monthly payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

It was always good to know that there was something under the boards, something to stave off hunger in the night.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

Early-morning pilgrims had arrived by foot or car, some in traditional white smocks and thatched hats, carrying wooden staves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

"In our model, the barrel staves spread out in steps," he says, "each step representing a new limiting factor that becomes active as the cell grows faster."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025

France's Emmanuel Macron was on Friday due to pick a head of government tasked with pulling the country out of a political gridlock, in a move that staves off fresh elections for now.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

It means not all the cuts will go ahead and it staves off effective bankruptcy, but it also saddles Havering with high debt repayments for the next 20 years.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024

There was a hammock made of barrel staves slatted into woven wires.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Germany for decades has staved off the kind of deindustrialization that has wiped out millions of U.S. manufacturing jobs, maintaining a generation of well paid, skilled workers, particularly in the auto industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Powell’s calm but forceful defense of Fed independence likely staved off larger attacks on the institution and won him admiration and awards, like the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award.

From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026

Choreographer Mark Morris staved off the federal government’s arts wrecking ball by salvaging his latest work, “Moon,” a commission for the Kennedy Center’s Earth to Space festival in April.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

Nevertheless, Bush’s protest at least temporarily staved off hundreds of thousands of Americans from being removed from their homes.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2025

“Well, Master Kilvin, according to the students, I staved it in with a single blow from my mighty hand.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“Everyone in their 50s is consumed with staving off the inevitable.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

The company has also reportedly been in discussions about potential concessions in the hope of satisfying Bonta’s concerns and staving off a lawsuit.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

After staving off a weekend collapse, McIlroy had dodged Scheffler, himself a two-time champion, and became only the fourth player to win back-to-back Masters titles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

A $7 billion IMF bailout helped unlock further loans from friendly nations, staving off collapse.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

It was like I’d been staving it all off for survival’s sake, and now that things looked better, I allowed myself to be sick.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

A wood-burning cast-iron stove serves as both fireplace and heater in the center of the living space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

On 17 July, part of the Rustic Stomp festival near Wareham, Dorset, was destroyed by a fire that started when a camping stove set fire to a tent.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Working in food, my office is quite literally the kitchen: I write at a repurposed steel prep table, with my laptop on top and Dutch ovens stored below, that sits directly beside the stove.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

In the early 1970s, Stephen Hawking and other researchers discovered surprising connections between the laws of thermodynamics, which describe familiar processes such as heating water on a stove, and the behavior of black holes.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

Thinking of summer, or Jamaica, or the inside of a red stove helps.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen