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How to use the word averting in a Sentence?

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We continue to believe, as I said this morning, that that would be the best path forward -- a return to compliance off both sides to the JCPOA, to make sure that we are putting Iran's nuclear program back in a box and averting any kind of crisis.

Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Yemen needs its leaders to focus every minute of their time on averting and mitigating the potentially disastrous consequences of a COVID-19 outbreak.

Martin Griffiths

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It is an act of responsibility to exhaust every possibility in averting this (deal).

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We will help where we can, but there is no way of completely averting the consequences of this unilateral withdrawal.

Peter Altmaier

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Such an intervention was directed exclusively to averting a humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons, and the action was the minimum judged necessary for that purpose.

Downing Street

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

With G7 talks underway, we could be lined up for another choppy session with little change amid swinging sentiment between a deal being stuck and bearish talk on Greece's chances of averting disaster," Farbod Mimeh, a junior dealer at Capital Spreads in London, said in a note to clients. http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-asian-shares-drop-dollar-at-highest-since-2002-against-yen-2089942

Farbod Mimeh

added by anonymous
8 years ago

I'm not so sure anymore if the Greek government is really interested in averting damage for the people of Greece.

Michael Grosse-Broemer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Greece asked for a six-month extension but it ended up with a four-month extension. The agreement appears to mainly focus on averting a default for now, rather than solving issues, although the market reacted positively on Friday, I think there will be more twists and turns down the road. Ultimately Greece has to carry out reforms but it is uncertain given that the government has won by promising not to reform.

Hiroki Shimazu

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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