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There is a huge gap here where there is an enormous need for opioid overdose reversal, and yet naloxone is not getting to the places that it needs to be, in my expert opinion, ready availability of naloxone in US households could avert numerous, if not many, overdose deaths that are currently occurring on a daily basis right now. – Scott Hadland	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The tower visibility was zero. It was a low, low visibility day, but when we think about the controls, how we train both our controllers and our pilots, the system works as it’s designed to avert what you say could have been a horrific outcome. – Billy Nolen	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We are in danger of running out of food, we are doing everything we can to avert a major hunger crisis. – Vince Hall	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It' sa fresh paint on the molding rotten structure of the assembly where the paint isn't actually paint, but the blood of Ukrainian children, women and defenders, let's spare the assembly from this shame. Let's prove that the assembly is still a solid structure, and we are the United Nations that have been wise enough to avert imminent disaster. – Sergiy Kyslytsva	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
That is the peak of it all, everyone there is emotionally charged. And what we do is not so much that we intervene. What we are doing is observing. We recognize who is the most hothead and who is the one we can…single out as one of the calm heads. The ones we can talk to, to use as a bridge, so to speak, to get inside and try to talk to these youngsters to try to avert retaliation. – James Highsmith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
To me, it shows the extent to which there is no consistency in the climate space to trust politicians on anything they say, it sends a very strong message that the real black box here is in the minds of the politicians who had all the levers required to avert the catastrophe but decided to keep passing the buck until it was too late. – Vladislav Kaim	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It takes two to tango, and if... our Russian friends are prepared to implement their commitments under Minsk and our Ukrainian friends are as well, we will fully support that, and that is the best way to avert a renewed crisis in Ukraine. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 2 years ago
While carmakers are planning ‘revenge production’ in November and December, clouds still loom - semiconductor shortages will last until year-end at least, and no one knows if carmakers’ plans to avert the impact of chip shortages by adjusting their supply chains would succeed, dragged down by staple cars, sluggish export growth will last for the rest of 2021. – Ryosuke Katagi	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
The rather conservative International Energy Agency itself has said there can be no new fossil fuel infrastructure if we are to avert dangerous warming. And the G7 nations committed to phasing out coal and ending support for new coal projects earlier this summer, we need to see similar commitments from the G20 countries, including an accelerated schedule for phasing out coal. – Michael Mann	Found on CNN 2 years ago
[Kaffarov] We can avert war between our nations. Just two of us. No politicians, no money changing hands. Just two soldiers speaking the truth. – Dimitri Mayakovsky	added by kaiserwilhelmtheinfinite 2 years ago
There's still time for an agreement to be reached among lawmakers to pass the funding bill in time to avert a shutdown, but it's unclear for now exactly how the standoff will play out. If it were to happen, a shutdown would likely be brief and over the weekend when many government operations are not open. In a Senate floor speech, Paul elaborated on his concerns, saying of Liz Cheney and the amendment in question. – Liz Cheney	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Adopting universal masking policies can help avert future lockdowns, especially if combined with other non-pharmaceutical interventions such as social distancing, hand hygiene, and adequate ventilation. – The CDC	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Regulators naturally don't like speculation, but if some people want to avert risk, there have to be other people willing to take on that risk - and those people are speculators. – Chen Hongting	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I am saddened that we live in a world where every threat could be credible, i am grateful for the quick response from the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Department and the McAlester Police Department in the way they handled this situation. Together they helped to( avert) a very potentially dangerous situation. – Randy Hughes	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The Trump administration is hellbent on repealing the clean car standards, which was the most significant Robert Weissman governmental action program to date to avert climate change and would save consumers tens of billions if left intact. – Robert Weissman	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Compiled this month by the Cabinet Office under the codename Operation Yellowhammer, the dossier offers a rare glimpse into the covert planning being carried out by the government to avert a catastrophic collapse in the nation's infrastructure, the file, marked. – The Times	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Given that inflation expectations essentially drive realized future inflation...we can see that Draghi is trying to avert the prospect of deflation. – Justin Onuekwusi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We want to fulfill our obligations, we cannot work miracles, but we will try to avert a failure. – Heiko Maas	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Over the past half century, humanity has witnessed the destruction of 60 % of mammal, bird, fish and reptile populations around the world, we are the first generation to truly comprehend the reality of what we're doing to the natural world, and we may be the last with the chance to avert much of the damage. With this knowledge comes an extraordinary burden of responsibility that we all share. – Irish President Michael Higgins	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The House of Commons has missed an opportunity to avert a hard Brexit and lay the foundations for close ties to the EU, it is simply irresponsible that the British governing coalition is still trying to reach a unified position 10 weeks before the exit deadline. – Carl Martin	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The immediate priority is to avert the danger of war, we hope there will be no point of no return. – Vassily Nebenzia	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The Nigerian authorities have failed in their duty to protect civilians, just as they did in Chibok four years ago, despite being repeatedly told that Boko Haram fighters were heading to Dapchi, it appears that police and military did nothing to avert the abduction. – Osai Ojigho	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
There’ll be drama. There’ll be chaos. They’ll be yelling and screaming. And then we’ll avert a shutdown. But that’s what happens unfortunately. It shouldn’t be this way. – Charlie Dent	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Instead of creating jobs or raising workers’ wages, the Republican Congress spent seven months doing everything it could to raise Americans’ health costs to hand tax breaks to the richest, now, after squandering months on a cruel and dangerous agenda, Republicans have closed down Congress for five weeks with no jobs bill, no infrastructure bill, no budget, and no plan to avert a catastrophic default. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on FOX News 6 years ago

There is a huge gap here where there is an enormous need for opioid overdose reversal, and yet naloxone is not getting to the places that it needs to be, in my expert opinion, ready availability of naloxone in US households could avert numerous, if not many, overdose deaths that are currently occurring on a daily basis right now.

– Scott Hadland

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The tower visibility was zero. It was a low, low visibility day, but when we think about the controls, how we train both our controllers and our pilots, the system works as it’s designed to avert what you say could have been a horrific outcome.

– Billy Nolen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are in danger of running out of food, we are doing everything we can to avert a major hunger crisis.

– Vince Hall

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It' sa fresh paint on the molding rotten structure of the assembly where the paint isn't actually paint, but the blood of Ukrainian children, women and defenders, let's spare the assembly from this shame. Let's prove that the assembly is still a solid structure, and we are the United Nations that have been wise enough to avert imminent disaster.

– Sergiy Kyslytsva

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

That is the peak of it all, everyone there is emotionally charged. And what we do is not so much that we intervene. What we are doing is observing. We recognize who is the most hothead and who is the one we can…single out as one of the calm heads. The ones we can talk to, to use as a bridge, so to speak, to get inside and try to talk to these youngsters to try to avert retaliation.

– James Highsmith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

To me, it shows the extent to which there is no consistency in the climate space to trust politicians on anything they say, it sends a very strong message that the real black box here is in the minds of the politicians who had all the levers required to avert the catastrophe but decided to keep passing the buck until it was too late.

– Vladislav Kaim

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It takes two to tango, and if... our Russian friends are prepared to implement their commitments under Minsk and our Ukrainian friends are as well, we will fully support that, and that is the best way to avert a renewed crisis in Ukraine.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
2 years ago

While carmakers are planning ‘revenge production’ in November and December, clouds still loom - semiconductor shortages will last until year-end at least, and no one knows if carmakers’ plans to avert the impact of chip shortages by adjusting their supply chains would succeed, dragged down by staple cars, sluggish export growth will last for the rest of 2021.

– Ryosuke Katagi

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

The rather conservative International Energy Agency itself has said there can be no new fossil fuel infrastructure if we are to avert dangerous warming. And the G7 nations committed to phasing out coal and ending support for new coal projects earlier this summer, we need to see similar commitments from the G20 countries, including an accelerated schedule for phasing out coal.

– Michael Mann

Found on CNN
2 years ago

[Kaffarov] We can avert war between our nations. Just two of us. No politicians, no money changing hands. Just two soldiers speaking the truth.

– Dimitri Mayakovsky

added by kaiserwilhelmtheinfinite
2 years ago

There's still time for an agreement to be reached among lawmakers to pass the funding bill in time to avert a shutdown, but it's unclear for now exactly how the standoff will play out. If it were to happen, a shutdown would likely be brief and over the weekend when many government operations are not open. In a Senate floor speech, Paul elaborated on his concerns, saying of Liz Cheney and the amendment in question.

– Liz Cheney

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Adopting universal masking policies can help avert future lockdowns, especially if combined with other non-pharmaceutical interventions such as social distancing, hand hygiene, and adequate ventilation.

– The CDC

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Regulators naturally don't like speculation, but if some people want to avert risk, there have to be other people willing to take on that risk - and those people are speculators.

– Chen Hongting

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I am saddened that we live in a world where every threat could be credible, i am grateful for the quick response from the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Department and the McAlester Police Department in the way they handled this situation. Together they helped to( avert) a very potentially dangerous situation.

– Randy Hughes

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The Trump administration is hellbent on repealing the clean car standards, which was the most significant Robert Weissman governmental action program to date to avert climate change and would save consumers tens of billions if left intact.

– Robert Weissman

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Compiled this month by the Cabinet Office under the codename Operation Yellowhammer, the dossier offers a rare glimpse into the covert planning being carried out by the government to avert a catastrophic collapse in the nation's infrastructure, the file, marked.

– The Times

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Given that inflation expectations essentially drive realized future inflation...we can see that Draghi is trying to avert the prospect of deflation.

– Justin Onuekwusi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We want to fulfill our obligations, we cannot work miracles, but we will try to avert a failure.

– Heiko Maas

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Over the past half century, humanity has witnessed the destruction of 60 % of mammal, bird, fish and reptile populations around the world, we are the first generation to truly comprehend the reality of what we're doing to the natural world, and we may be the last with the chance to avert much of the damage. With this knowledge comes an extraordinary burden of responsibility that we all share.

– Irish President Michael Higgins

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The House of Commons has missed an opportunity to avert a hard Brexit and lay the foundations for close ties to the EU, it is simply irresponsible that the British governing coalition is still trying to reach a unified position 10 weeks before the exit deadline.

– Carl Martin

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The immediate priority is to avert the danger of war, we hope there will be no point of no return.

– Vassily Nebenzia

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

The Nigerian authorities have failed in their duty to protect civilians, just as they did in Chibok four years ago, despite being repeatedly told that Boko Haram fighters were heading to Dapchi, it appears that police and military did nothing to avert the abduction.

– Osai Ojigho

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There’ll be drama. There’ll be chaos. They’ll be yelling and screaming. And then we’ll avert a shutdown. But that’s what happens unfortunately. It shouldn’t be this way.

– Charlie Dent

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Instead of creating jobs or raising workers’ wages, the Republican Congress spent seven months doing everything it could to raise Americans’ health costs to hand tax breaks to the richest, now, after squandering months on a cruel and dangerous agenda, Republicans have closed down Congress for five weeks with no jobs bill, no infrastructure bill, no budget, and no plan to avert a catastrophic default.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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