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avert

[uh-vurt] / əˈvɜrt /


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Looking to avert those cuts, the council slowed police hiring just as recruitment was picking up steam.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

The last-minute deal, reached last week to avert a planned 18-day strike, comes amid a global artificial intelligence boom that has turbocharged Samsung's high-bandwidth memory chip business, crucial for AI data centres.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

News that Samsung Electronics has managed to avert a strike by labor unions sparked another speculative frenzy on the South Korean stock market on Thursday.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Was it enough to avert a challenge to the prime minister's leadership less than two years after he won a landslide general election victory?

From BBC • May 11, 2026

I avert my gaze and still my body.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins




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