as in prevented
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
her careful planning averted disaster
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Recent Examples of averted
While the videos played, Bell repeatedly turned her head and averted her gaze away from the footage.
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Emily Chang, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Key reports released in recent months have shed light on possible missteps by the military, law enforcement officers and hospital staff members and how the shooting might have been averted.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
Ooh, dramatic confession time just nearly averted!
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2024
So one crisis has been averted, but the other is very much still in play.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
Because Milton roared ashore with its center of circulation just a little over 20 miles to the south, the especially vulnerable Tampa Bay narrowly averted the most catastrophic storm surge.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Crises averted Americans started to panic over potential shortages.
—Laura Curtis and Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Beijing, meanwhile, has averted its gaze from Moscow’s belligerence in Africa while fostering new dependencies and saddling more countries with unsustainable debt.
—Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
Offering a glimmer of hope that a strike could be averted, USMX said late Monday that negotiations with the union had resumed.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024
Emily Chang, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Key reports released in recent months have shed light on possible missteps by the military, law enforcement officers and hospital staff members and how the shooting might have been averted.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
Ooh, dramatic confession time just nearly averted!
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2024
So one crisis has been averted, but the other is very much still in play.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
Because Milton roared ashore with its center of circulation just a little over 20 miles to the south, the especially vulnerable Tampa Bay narrowly averted the most catastrophic storm surge.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
Crises averted Americans started to panic over potential shortages.
—Laura Curtis and Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Beijing, meanwhile, has averted its gaze from Moscow’s belligerence in Africa while fostering new dependencies and saddling more countries with unsustainable debt.
—Antony J. Blinken, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
Offering a glimmer of hope that a strike could be averted, USMX said late Monday that negotiations with the union had resumed.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024
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