Sentence examples for prepared to avert from inspiring English sources

Both Chief Putney and Mayor Roberts sought to reassure residents that the city was prepared to avert another night of violence.

It raised the question whether the world is prepared to avert the threat of a potentially much bigger disaster from a collision with a near-Earth object.

Grumbling in Congress has been limited to "Why weren't we told?" The leadership had a right to expect to be informed, but that raises a counter-grumble: What is Congress doing to prepare to avert national paralysis in the remote event the Capitol is suddenly destroyed?

According to Women's Wear Daily, the ads will run in the September and October issues of Glamour and People Style Watch, so the faint of heart should be well-prepared to avert their eyes on the subway by then.

Based on the health problems that arose after Hurricane Katrina, medical professionals have to prepare to try to avert major public-health emergencies, environmental illnesses, and outbreaks, which could intensify in the aftermath of the devastating blows dealt by these hurricanes.

A tax rise for all Americans in January, which some Democrats seem prepared to risk, has been averted.

The action was a major rebuff to the President, one he sought to avert as he prepared to meet next weekend with Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader.

Few were prepared to accept that Jaruzelski had acted only to avert a Soviet invasion.

Indonesia said it was prepared to send thousands of troops to the province to avert any attempts to split from the union.

One of France's largest banks, Société Générale, said it was prepared to pay bonuses and raise salaries to try to avert a strike that would disrupt France's switch next week to euro notes and coins.

"I'm prepared to give my life in the cause of averting the disaster we are stumbling towards as a civilization," John wrote in his essay.