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Here’s how to stave off benefit cuts and put it on firm footing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

One point would stave off any threat of relegation.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

He’s since rolled out plastic sheeting across the floors in an effort to stave off any additional destruction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

To stave off creditors, some firms are using cash from new funds to invest in ailing companies as a sweetener to extend due dates on loans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

I kept a giant-size bag of peanut M&Ms and Bazooka bubble gum in the glove compartment to help stave off hunger when I didn't have time for a meal.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

For many Americans taking a weight-loss drug, Thanksgiving presents a conundrum: Take the weekly dose that staves off hunger, or push it off so they can feast?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

"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

"Sir? Would you take on a passenger? Here, let me set these barrel staves under the wheels."

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman

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

An infusion of new funds approved by Congress this year and a waiver of eligibility procedures have staved off a potential crisis that would have left 4,200 back on the street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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

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

I saw in this the reason for my being staved off so long and the reason for my late guardian’s declining to commit himself to the formal knowledge of such a scheme.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Text messages show Mr. Vorcaro asked the justice for advice as to whether he should flee the country, for help in staving off authorities and for a private in-person meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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

County officials said federal funding cuts will be a major factor in future spending — but they’re staving off layoffs and program cuts for now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

The Spaniard also had to dig deep to level at 1-1, staving off three break points himself.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 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

Dan also has solar panels, a camping stove, a tent, wood supplies and a propane fireplace insert that can run off grid - without electricity or wood.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

They applied a harmless but uncomfortable heat sensation to the calf, similar to the brief pain someone might experience when accidentally touching a hot stove.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

In Kingston, N.H., an 80-year-old named Rick Russman told Reuters he will rely on a wood stove to help heat his home this winter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Magic Chef stove, one of the first ovens to be equipped with a clock, recast kitchen work as something that could be measured and controlled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Over coffee, standing at the stove, I told Betsie what I had seen.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom