Google Maps even goes as far as to preempt "Meijer Detroit" with "Meijer near Detroit".
It would be one thing to do so to preempt an imminent North Korean attack.
By doing so, the king attempted to preempt any dispute after his death and legitimize his line on the throne of Georgia.
But the outcome is ghastly: Serbs and Croats (Hutus and Tutsis) seem progressively more threatening to each other as they rally together for self-defense, until both see it as imperative to preempt their rivals and strike before being struck.
As if to preempt any outcry, the building now bears a sign in five languages declaring: "There is no proof that prophet Muhammad was born in this place, so it is forbidden to make this place specific for praying, supplicating or get blessing".
So they pull the plug to preempt the discomfort of disappointment.
"Clearances are legal, but the use of clearances as a threat to preempt competition, that's another story," Hashemi said.
War, meanwhile, is seen not as a last course of defense but as a first course to preempt the evil designs of the many hidden enemies of America.
2015 also saw the spread of state bills to preempt so-called "sanctuary city" policies, proposals that also have their roots in ALEC model legislation.
In the course of nearly 100 interrogations, officials said, Mr. Zubaydah offered clues to Mr. Padilla's existence and identity, as well as other information that is helping to preempt more attacks.
