Sentence examples for has been staved off from inspiring English sources

A Greek default has been staved off, but not for long.

Worse trouble has been staved off by seven years of budget restraint, large foreign-exchange reserves and a hefty overseas investment portfolio.

Famine has been staved off, at least for now, by the efforts of numerous agencies and the UN's biggest ever humanitarian operation in one country.

The possibility of producing capital would presage such a glut, one that has been staved off only by new scarcities created by technical progress.

So far, development has been staved off, making this area of New York a most relaxing yet intriguing place to spend a few days or weeks.

We're on the ground here in Barcelona for the 2012 GSMA Mobile World Congress and are happy to report that, according to the GSMA press release, the planned strike by Metro subway workers has been staved off.

This new move speaks to its need to put dollars over users, at a time when Google's cost-per-click continues to decline – a drop that Google has been staving off with more impressions, keeping Wall St. happy.

This new move speaks to its need to put dollars over users, at a time when Google's cost-per-click continues to decline – a drop that Google has been staving off with more impressions, keeping Wall St. happy.

The breadlines of 1929 have been staved off by unemployment insurance," she writes in her introduction.

Some Wall Streeters say the possibility of a sharp drop in oil prices appears to have been staved off, at least for the moment.

They've been staving off Torontonians' seasonal affective disorders since 2001 with their year-round genius for overstimulation.