Sentence examples for but averted from inspiring English sources

After four consecutive defeats, Valencia finally won, the risk of relegation all but averted.

He inherited an insolvent papal treasury but averted bankruptcy through wise taxation, rigid economizing, and financial support from Catholic powers.

They agreed to probation and community service but averted prison.

Mr. Ibarra won only 49.1percentt of the vote but averted a runoff when his closest competitor withdrew.

When the plane slowed down to the point that it could not stay in the air, the crew performed a sloppy recovery but averted a crash.

The Treasury Department brushed up against the debt limit last month but averted an immediate crisis by borrowing money temporarily from government retirement accounts.

This definition usefully encompasses a variety of situations relating to patient safety, across both adverse events themselves (e.g. medical, surgical or diagnostic error), and near misses (e.g. situations or processes which could have resulted in preventable harm to a patient, but were averted).

But disaster was averted!

Grexit may have been averted but it is a short-term, and short-sighted solution.

War was narrowly averted, but questions of precedence continued to bedevil European diplomacy.

Acts of terrorism cannot always be averted but terrorists themselves can be defeated.