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Example sentences for: avert

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Today's New York Times lead may be the stupidest ever: "A PLAN IS IN WORKS TO PUT OFF A VOTE ON TEST BAN PACT: Clinton Satisfies a Demand by Lott in Effort to Avert Showdown."
Under more pessimistic assumptions about treatment–prevention interactions, the combined response would avert 5.8 million deaths (16%).
This study highlights the critical importance of early identification and intervention of adolescent obesity to avert the long-term consequences of it and to protect adolescent against the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Hatch suggested that if Clinton had lied about the affair but not committed a more serious offense, he could avert impeachment by admitting to it, apologizing, and "pouring his heart out to the American people."
The New York Times leads with President Clinton's push for a new International Monetary Fund strategy to avert further global economic turmoil.