Sentence examples for prevented disaster from inspiring English sources

Passengers pounced on him and prevented disaster.

So far, though, the aid seems to have prevented disaster.

The other day, a local resident described how the area had recently been threatened by plans to replace a much loved local supermarket with a Walgreens — "That would have been the Brexit of Hudson Heights" — and how community activism had prevented disaster at the last minute.

Immediately after the storm moved ashore, high winds prevented disaster teams from assessing damage in the affected areas.

Tonight, the talk was of trying to prevent disaster.

Will a dramatic, yet temporary, bail-out prevent disaster or merely postpone it?

That might mean spending more on preventing disaster so as to cut its costs.

Solar is probably the long-term answer but is unlikely to become cheap enough quickly enough to prevent disaster.

Here, antiwear compounds become essential: when friction generates heat, such additives form protective layers to prevent disaster.

Sex ed doesn't have to be just about preventing disaster, she says; it can also teach respect and love.

In the past the lakes were there to prevent disaster: they were "fire stoppers" and known as branddamme (fire ponds).