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Clearly, I really wish, and I should have been notified sooner, so I could have initiated containment steps earlier. Had that happened, I believe we might not be here today, had the agency responded quicker to some of the earlier signals, I believe this crisis could have been averted or at least the magnitude lessened. – Frank Yiannas	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I'm in Kyiv, contrary to what I probably should have done a while ago, but again everybody has sources and resources and I have mine and I trust my sources and no one saw this coming, not that no one saw this coming, but everyone was hoping that the finality of this situation would be averted, that there's not going to be this kind of aggression. – Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Crisis has not been averted. – Faye Malarkey Black	Found on CNN 2 years ago
By the time it comes to the beach, it’s done tremendous damage. Our frustration is, it could have been averted if there was a quick response. – Garry Brown	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Campbell Police definitely feel a crisis was averted, there was a significant threat to the public. – Campbell Police Capt. Ian White	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I am certain that the speedy response by the joint security forces has averted what could have been a more severe blood bath, it is rather unfortunate that such an incident takes place during a time when South Africa is being plagued by a deadly virus and violent crimes. – Khehla John Sitole	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
This was a huge victory for the Louisiana clinic, or at least a huge defeat averted, but the chief justice's opinion is a chilling sign for the future of abortion rights. – Supreme Court	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The threat of a breakdown in negotiations for now at least has been averted, though of course the president continues to persist with some of his comments regarding the COVID outbreak, but at least from the trade side it looks as though the participants involved have dialled down the temperature a little bit. – Jeremy Stretch	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The risk of trade (dispute) escalation has been averted for now, and that's a positive. – Sunitha Thomas	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
With the Mexican stalemate averted and no harmful shockwaves from this weekend G-20 meeting ... oil could trade favorably as WTI and Brent will continue to track the broader risk environment high. – Stephen Innes	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
There's no doubt in our minds that we averted disaster there, i've never seen anything like this, to be honest with you. – Sheriff Charles Jenkins	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The losses to the economy can be averted through strategic interventions which ensure adequate nutrition for mothers and young children. – Thomas Yanga	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It was a war in which too many of my friends died and died, I believed, under circumstances that might have been averted had different choices been made by people in positions of responsibility. – State John Kerry	Found on CNN 8 years ago
What I learned in Vietnam was pretty simple, it was a war in which too many of my friends died and died, I believed, under circumstances that might have been averted had different choices been made by people in positions of responsibility. – State John Kerry	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I have absolutely no reservations in terms of rolling this vaccine out, why? Because the efficacy, when translated into cases averted and deaths averted, is just tremendous. It will have an enormously significant public health impact. – Joe Cohen	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In American culture an averted gaze and eye avoidance are perceived as guilt: 'I've been naughty. I'm ashamed. I've been up to no good.' It's very powerful and you have to factor it in as part of your message. – Joe Navarro	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Survey results indicate that policy initiatives currently announced have yet to have a meaningful impact on business or consumer confidence in the region, and that more aggressive measures are likely to be needed, and quickly implemented, if another recession is to be averted. – Chris Williamson	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

Clearly, I really wish, and I should have been notified sooner, so I could have initiated containment steps earlier. Had that happened, I believe we might not be here today, had the agency responded quicker to some of the earlier signals, I believe this crisis could have been averted or at least the magnitude lessened.

– Frank Yiannas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I'm in Kyiv, contrary to what I probably should have done a while ago, but again everybody has sources and resources and I have mine and I trust my sources and no one saw this coming, not that no one saw this coming, but everyone was hoping that the finality of this situation would be averted, that there's not going to be this kind of aggression.

– Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Crisis has not been averted.

– Faye Malarkey Black

Found on CNN
2 years ago

By the time it comes to the beach, it’s done tremendous damage. Our frustration is, it could have been averted if there was a quick response.

– Garry Brown

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Campbell Police definitely feel a crisis was averted, there was a significant threat to the public.

– Campbell Police Capt. Ian White

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I am certain that the speedy response by the joint security forces has averted what could have been a more severe blood bath, it is rather unfortunate that such an incident takes place during a time when South Africa is being plagued by a deadly virus and violent crimes.

– Khehla John Sitole

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

This was a huge victory for the Louisiana clinic, or at least a huge defeat averted, but the chief justice's opinion is a chilling sign for the future of abortion rights.

– Supreme Court

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The threat of a breakdown in negotiations for now at least has been averted, though of course the president continues to persist with some of his comments regarding the COVID outbreak, but at least from the trade side it looks as though the participants involved have dialled down the temperature a little bit.

– Jeremy Stretch

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The risk of trade (dispute) escalation has been averted for now, and that's a positive.

– Sunitha Thomas

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

With the Mexican stalemate averted and no harmful shockwaves from this weekend G-20 meeting ... oil could trade favorably as WTI and Brent will continue to track the broader risk environment high.

– Stephen Innes

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

There's no doubt in our minds that we averted disaster there, i've never seen anything like this, to be honest with you.

– Sheriff Charles Jenkins

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The losses to the economy can be averted through strategic interventions which ensure adequate nutrition for mothers and young children.

– Thomas Yanga

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It was a war in which too many of my friends died and died, I believed, under circumstances that might have been averted had different choices been made by people in positions of responsibility.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN
8 years ago

What I learned in Vietnam was pretty simple, it was a war in which too many of my friends died and died, I believed, under circumstances that might have been averted had different choices been made by people in positions of responsibility.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I have absolutely no reservations in terms of rolling this vaccine out, why? Because the efficacy, when translated into cases averted and deaths averted, is just tremendous. It will have an enormously significant public health impact.

– Joe Cohen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In American culture an averted gaze and eye avoidance are perceived as guilt: 'I've been naughty. I'm ashamed. I've been up to no good.' It's very powerful and you have to factor it in as part of your message.

– Joe Navarro

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Survey results indicate that policy initiatives currently announced have yet to have a meaningful impact on business or consumer confidence in the region, and that more aggressive measures are likely to be needed, and quickly implemented, if another recession is to be averted.

– Chris Williamson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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