Sentence examples for moment to avoid from inspiring English sources

"Military jets are very agile, and in theory the Russian jets could have turned at the last moment to avoid Turkish airspace.

That led to an awkward moment Friday when Jeter cruised into third but had to slide at the last moment to avoid being out.

"Our initial assessment is they probably moved them in a last moment to avoid detection," said the officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the continuing inquiry.

But General Keane thinks that they would be wise for the moment to avoid Sadr City, the bastion of Muqtada al-Sadr, a firebrand Shia cleric and one of Iraq's most powerful figures.

The EU, in contrast, will stick to private warnings for the moment, to avoid "playing into the hands" of Taiwan's "populist" president, Chen Shui-bian, by giving him "undesirable" publicity.Portugal, which took over the six-month rotating presidency of the EU this month, has duly drafted a private warning to Taiwan, saying that a referendum risks raising tensions and would be "unhelpful".

Protest leaders, however, were more cautious, and repeatedly rerouted the march at the last moment to avoid confrontations, turning down narrow lanes where residents in upper stories sprayed them with water — it was not always clear whether the gesture was in support or in contempt.

One of those rescued told the local radio station France Bleu Pays de Savoie that he had "closed his eyes for a few moments to avoid looking into the void".

If your life is about that, then try picking up a new hobby or interest to fill in any moments to avoid arguing about beliefs.

The site is revealed at the last moment, both to avoid gate-crashing and to preserve instantaneousness.

One reason cabin pressures are kept low at the moment is to avoid stressing the fuselage too much.

Russia's main interest in Ukraine at the moment is to avoid upsets, such as the victory of a radical outsider, which might set a provocative example for its own forthcoming elections.