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Example sentences for: stave

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This is an attempt to resolve the scandal over whether the banks ingratiated themselves to the Nazis and stole deposits made by Holocaust victims . Commentators agree that the Swiss haven't really repented and are just trying to restore their trustworthy-banker reputation and stave off a boycott organized by Jewish groups.
The New York Times ' lead says that the U.S. will provide several billion dollars of aid to Brazil, as part of a $30 billion international package to help stave off financial turmoil there.
A major effort to support the Northern Alliance through intelligence sharing and increased funding so that it could stave off the Taliban army and tie down al Qaeda fighters.
Taking account of the latest vote announcements, the NYT and the WP both calculate that to stave off impeachment, Clinton would need to win over nearly all of the undecided House Republicans.
This very LAT piece is a good example: although the whole story is generated by the Content article, the paper manages to stave off using the C-word until the last--the twenty-third--paragraph.