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How to use the word prevent in a Sentence? Page #13

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There is a worrisome shortage of tools for incident management in the US-China relationship. It is pretty urgent that the Danny Russel government pursues working lines of communication which allow them to respond to a crisis or to prevent a crisis. We need a 911 operator so to speak.

Danny Russel

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2 years ago

Shale can't come to the rescue and you need OPEC to prevent runaway prices, in 2015, people wrote OPEC's obituary because of shale. But now OPEC is in the driver's seat.

Helima Croft

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We want to see the lockdown end but we need lifesaving mitigation in place. We still need sick pay, local contact tracing, continued mask wearing, ventilation and support for children to prevent serious illness. the disease burden associated with a larger peak during the summer would likely be less than one during the winter.

Paul Hunter

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have enough risk and enough unvaccinated people for Delta to pose a threat to our recovery and masking up now, could help prevent a resurgence in transmission.

Barbara Ferrer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Inviting the former President, who incited the January 6th insurrection in an effort to overthrow the government and prevent the peaceful transition of power, is nothing short of a slap in the face to South Texans, instead of coming down to try and divide people by misrepresenting the border community on the national stage, I urge the Governor to work together to enact meaningful policy solutions that will bring real border security.

Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I worry that it could prevent us from coming to a deal. And you know what, I think it would be a really sad statement about the profession that they would actually prevent reforms and refuse to modernize.

Karen Bass

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Based on what I have learned so far, I believe these were an appropriate and reasonable use of force intended for defensive purposes, the Intelligence Committee will closely review the basis for this strike, including an assessment of whether this action will truly deter or prevent further attacks by these militias using UAVs and other means.

The Intelligence

Found on CNN
2 years ago

But we also know that, if we look [ at ] the world around us, in every venue infections are happening every day. And so we fully anticipate that... as thorough as our efforts are and as much as we do prevent, on the front end, virus from coming on board the ship, that it can happen, it's why we have protocols, we have a process ; we've trained our folks to know what to do when we do identify this. We work very quickly to identify and isolate that, and prevent and stop the spread.

Yuguo Li

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I have dedicated years of my life to try to prevent school shootings.

John Lott

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They should make the entire video public so that people can see how they deceptively edited my talk, taking not even a minute of a 15 minute talk, i have dedicated years of my life to try to prevent school shootings.

John Lott

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They make cosmetic tweaks, whatever they think is enough to signal that they are taking things seriously. But they don't actually care, i have zero expectation that they'll make any meaningful changes to prevent another catastrophe.

Jesse Lehrich

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It doesn't lead to higher crime, it doesn't prevent officers from doing their jobs, so let's debunk those myths, it actually makes us safer because officers are safer as it relates to foot pursuit policies and the outcomes for offenders fleeing is safer.

David Brown

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We have seen some spectacular results for Kweichow Moutai sold in Hong Kong, but this momentous price takes the baijiu spirit's standing amongst collectors to new heights, whilst current travel restrictions may prevent our clients from moving around, this has proved no impediment to the growing momentum of Moutai's popularity outside Asia.

Paul Wong

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3 years ago

At end of day, what you have is an enormous number of guns on the street and you have a concern about how to prevent the next shooting or homicide, that's how police chiefs are thinking about this.

Chuck Wexler

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There is nothing you're looking at today that would prevent a teacher from delving into any topic that she or he felt is necessary for a closer look.

Some Republicans

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

In order to prevent another upsurge, it is crucial to prevent the people from roaming around during the Olympics and summer vacation.

Ryuji Wakita

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We argued from the outset that neither action was justifiable, because they were initiated only as a result of President Trump's politically motivated order to prevent publication of the Ambassador's book before the 2020 election.

Charles Cooper

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Tomorrow we must step up and engage in a very honest conversation about why this happened and what we can do specifically to prevent this violence.

Melissa McKinlay

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We've become too numb to gun violence, tomorrow we must step up and engage in a very honest conversation about why this happened and what we can do specifically to prevent this violence.

Melissa McKinlay

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The state governswhen you think about buying a gun,when you buy a gun, own it, use it, transport it,sell it, everything...they govern everything, we have ten-day waiting periods,an assault weapons ban,a magazine ban, ammunition background checks and registration, You cannot sell without going through a dealer. So, we control everything. And still, these tragedies continue to occur, which shows that all of these gun control laws, they all fail. They cannot prevent mass shootings.

California President Sam Paredes

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The police have arolebut their role is simply to solve crime -- their role is not to prevent crime, their role is not to intervene in other community activities, a response to gun violence should not be a knee-jerk reaction.

Jo Ann Hardesty

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

This was a very difficult decision to make for our company and for me personally, however, we felt this decision had to be made to prevent any potential risk for our customers.

Andre Nogueira

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We asked the United States government to send more of a clear message to prevent more people from leaving.

Alejandro Giammattei

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We now are giving drugs to people who are living with HIV -- not only do these save their lives and give them essentially a normal lifespan, but you can prevent them from infecting other people.

Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
3 years ago

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