Sentence examples for it forestalls from inspiring English sources

The American nuclear arsenal doesn't encourage local arms races; it forestalls them.

"I do not believe that it forestalls degenerative disease, however," he said.

His accomplishment, like Obama's economic stimulus, is notable less for the gains it promises than for the catastrophes it forestalls.

For one thing, it forestalls that disruptive shock of recognition that might prompt some rowdy theatergoer to yell out, "Where's Niles?," in reference to Frasier's television brother.

It forestalls the sentimental self-congratulation with which we may dote on a victim of misunderstanding whose actual company we couldn't have stood for an hour, let alone nine weeks.

And it forestalls protectionist measures by Europe and the U.S". Allowing the yuan to float would relieve China of the need to keep enormous foreign-currency reserves currently about $2.4 trillion, with two-thirds estimated to be in U.S. dollars.

Can it forestall evil acts or prevent irreparable damage inflicted by misguided leaders?

Likewise, while TARP was unfortunate and perverse in many ways, what it forestalled was almost certainly worse.

The New York Police Department, confronting possible layoffs for the first time in three decades, is grappling with two new questions: Can it forestall layoffs by finding other savings?

More important, it forestalled an emergency hearing at the High Court of Justice that could have set off a broader review of Israeli military courts' practice of administrative detention, which has been used against thousands of Palestinians over time.

For many, at least part of the motivation is based on widespread reports that exercising the brain may preserve it, forestalling mental decline and maybe even Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.