warded
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The men warded off thirst by sucking on buttons and kept warm by dipping their clothes into the bath-like sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Their agreement to testify warded off potential contempt-of-Congress proceedings against them.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
The drug, called lolamicin, also warded off secondary infections with Clostridioides difficile, a common and dangerous hospital-associated bacterial infection, and was effective against more than 130 multidrug-resistant bacterial strains in cell culture.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
The U.S. has mostly warded off the Houthi attacks, but on one occasion recently, the Houthis shot down a U.S.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
So thin, so frail and thin, the veils were become that still warded it off.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
