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Example sentences for: forestall

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But these vouchers can't be the kind conservatives prefer, which are sharply limited in value so as to forestall real integration while directing tenants toward private-sector slums.
It’s so dry and (except for winter) hot in the oasis that tourists are advised to drink as much tea or juice as possible to forestall dehydration.
The island proved to be the last bastion of the samurai ideal, when disenfranchised warriors launched the doomed Satsuma Rebellion in their desperation to forestall the relentless march of progress.
With Rubin's help, Clinton managed to forestall a Mexican financial collapse in 1995, which posed an underappreciated threat to the U.S. economy's recovery, then in its fifth year.
An article claims that Clinton "sandbagged" Jesse Jackson in 1995 and 1996 to prevent a primary challenge: The president courted black mayors, refused a budget deal with the Republicans, and steered funding to Jesse Jackson Jr.'s congressional campaign in order to forestall a Jackson Sr. presidential run.