Sentence examples for on averting from inspiring English sources

Today, after exhausting its original mission, Chautauqua, almost incredibly, has carried on, averting financial crises, and prospering.

It's been less than a week since the end of the longest shutdown in US history, and members of Congress are already at work on averting another one, Stephen Colbert reported on Wednesday's Late Show.

Many Americans seem increasingly intent on averting their gaze.

Argentina now appears to have reached the end of the road on averting a fresh default.

There were also calls -- not just from Republicans -- to focus on averting future attacks rather than tracing intelligence mistakes.

Whether the security council will approve independence largely depends on averting a Russian veto, which will require considerable diplomatic effort.

Horne missed another good chance to level but Ulster produced pressure late in the first half near the Glasgow line before John Afoa's knock-on averted the danger.

LONDON — Regulators in the United States and Britain introduced a plan on Monday for averting threats to financial stability when large, cross-border financial institutions fail.

For example, Maureen Cropper and colleagues found that on average averting the death of one twenty-year-old was considered to be of equal priority to averting the death of eight sixty-year-olds [ 25].

But commentators all agree on one point -- averting the cliff on January 1st changed little.

Steyn dribbles a single to ensure the follow-on is averted.