How to Use avert in a Sentence

avert

verb
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  • He sped up and averted an accident.
  • The diplomatic talks narrowly averted a war.
  • But for now, there is still a chance to avert the worst outcome.
    — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
  • The agreement, reached late on April 26, averted a strike.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2024
  • Many Israelis have preferred to avert their gaze from the rage at their doorstep.
    — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • To avert a default, the House and the Senate must pass the deal and send it to Biden for his signature.
    — Jim Tankersley, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • The bill that could avert a government shutdown heads to the Senate.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The union hopes to reach a contract and avert a potential strike before Aug. 1.
    — Shera Avi-Yonah, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • Publicly, Biden aides have said the only way to avert a crisis is for Congress to act.
    — Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 2 May 2023
  • Yet while the floods may have triggered an increase in the odor complaints, the reservoir’s presence could have helped to avert heavy damage in the area.
    — Hank Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That certainly would be an important big step to try to avert this.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2024
  • When a body washes up on a beach, Carmen tells her grandchildren to avert their eyes; by then, though, hers have been pried open.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Passage of the bill, just hours ahead of Saturday’s 12:01 a.m. shutdown deadline, set off a sprint in the Senate to avert a lapse in funding.
    — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In others, records suggest, companies could have taken steps to avert the tragedies.
    — Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
  • But the union agreed Friday to allow more time to negotiate, averting a strike for now.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
  • In the interim, staff members from both sides are continuing to try to reach some type of deal to avert a default.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2023
  • Season One was all about averting Armageddon, dangerous prophecies, and the End of the World.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Dodd-Frank was written to avert a repeat of the 2008 banking crisis that almost wrecked the U.S. economy.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • House Republicans, with late help from Democrats, pushed through a short-term bill to fund the government through Nov. 17 and avert a shutdown.
    — Nick Parker, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Already, some conservatives in the House are balking about the length of a short-term budget fix designed to buy time to avert a shutdown.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Each time, Democrats serving in the minority also supplied their votes in a bid to avert a crisis.
    — Tony Romm, Tyler Pager, Liz Goodwin, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2023
  • Yet to avert a default, the deal still needs approval in Congress, which is not guaranteed to pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling even with the backing of Biden and McCarthy.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 May 2023
  • That created some optimism on the studio side that a strike could be averted.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 May 2023
  • Maritime experts said there was most likely little the crew could have done to avert catastrophe.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The inquiry comes at a crucial time for the House, which has not been able to reach a consensus on averting a government shutdown.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
  • And if so, would eradicating Hamas somehow avert that prospect?
    — Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The deal also likely averts a strike that threatened to snarl deliveries across the country.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 July 2023
  • To avert a lawsuit, the city promised to overhaul the city’s police force, create a permanent memorial to the victims and pay $2 million, the lawyers said.
    — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • Market veteran Ed Yardeni said that the current equity selloff bears some similarity to the 1987 crash, when the economy averted a downturn despite investor fears at the time.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • In theory, interest rate cuts would ease borrowing fees, unleash consumer demand and business investment and help the economy avert a downturn.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2024

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