stave off

Example Sentences

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To stave off potential shortages of critical goods, the federal government can build up stockpiles and reshore critical manufacturing, including through public factories.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

Beijing wants to stave off social and economic disruption, while backlash against the new technology builds in the U.S. and elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

They found that isolation measures helped stave off a wider outbreak -- and that the majority of human-to-human transmissions occurred on the very first day the infected person had a fever.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

In his desire to leave "no stone unturned", last year Baker revealed he drinks bone broth to help stave off the stress fractures that dogged his teenage years.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The only way out was to “correct” his equations of general relativity to stave off the impending destruction.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife