Sentence examples for avert a clash from inspiring English sources

[Page A1.] Microsoft to Alter Online System To avert a clash with European regulators over data privacy, Microsoft has agreed to make "radical" changes to.Net Passport, its online authentication system.

There is a way to ease Mr. Putin's predicament that could help him avert a clash with Washington without seeming to embrace American policy outright: He can close the gap between Russian actions and Russian rhetoric.

The action by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is largely a formality ahead of the settlement — a deal that is expected to help JPMorgan avert a clash over accusations that the bank orchestrated trading strategies to turn inefficient power plants into profit centers, the people said.

Hagit Ofran, a spokeswoman for Peace Now, said the new housing plan was meant to mollify the government's pro-settler constituency and allow authorities to comply with the court order and avert a clash when evacuating Amona.

By putting back the final decision on the new submarines until 2016, Mr. Cameron conveniently averted a clash within his coalition government over whether Britain should retain a nuclear strike force at all.

On the issue that dominated the private talks of the so-called Group of 8, the worsening regional war in Syria, the leaders averted a clash with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia by avoiding mention in their declaration of the most contentious matters that divide him and them.

Foreign diplomats scrambled today to avert a major clash between the forces of Macedonia's new unity government and ethnic Albanian rebels.

Frantic efforts to avert a courtroom clash between two of Britain's most high-profile financiers have broken down, setting the stage for a sensational trial in New York.

To avert a potential clash with Turkey, Bush administration officials said American forces would soon take control of the city from the Kurds.

On Nov. 4 she barred both Di Zeo and Martín from going within 500 meters (about 547 yards) of any stadium where a game was taking place or about to take place until at least the end of this season, a move apparently intended to avert a violent clash for control.

A12 Ultimatum in Macedonia Foreign diplomats sought to avert a major clash between ethnic Albanian rebels and forces of Macedonia's new unity government, which has given the rebels until today to start withdrawing from villages they occupy or face an assault.