Sentence examples for forestalled over from inspiring English sources

Or because they agreed with Dawa's position on federalism, or the policies they advocated that would help stimulate and manage the enormous task of reconstruction and development that violence had forestalled over the last few years.

In order to forestall over-interpretation".

In any event he was forestalled in this ambition by Amundsen, who flew over the pole in Umberto Nobile's airship Norge in May 1926.

The Giants had longed for a decisive victory over the downtrodden Redskins, a goal that was most likely forestalled by the Giants' absent-minded overconfidence.

And management may have forestalled that by quickly convincing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to assert "concurrent jurisdiction" with bankruptcy courts over California wholesale power contracts.

Catalans tried to finesse greater autonomy for themselves, striking a deal in 2006 that was approved in a Catalan referendum — as well as by both Catalan and Spanish lawmakers — and one that might have forestalled the current crisis over yet more extreme demands.

Only Chandler's rejection by the Senate forestalled MacVeagh's resignation over the nomination.

And the Carthaginians, fearing lest Gelon should forestall them in crossing over to Libya, at once dispatched to him as ambassadors plenipotentiary their ablest orators and counsellors.

For the moment, Congress has again forestalled such drastic cuts, but the fight is far from over.

Debate over the rights and wrongs of that were forestalled when it emerged that the referee, Mike Riley, had blown the final whistle.

Over the past several months, the Obama administration has successfully forestalled multiple attempts in Congress to ramp up sanctions against Iran, warning that doing so could sink the fragile negotiations process.