He got detractors to retract or soften their statements, thereby averting duels.
In that way they can afford to supply many more copies, thereby averting a major customer complaint.
Mr. Netanyahu, by broadening his coalition and thereby averting early elections, has bought himself more time and government stability.
By articulating their fears, Powell's notorious speech may have given them a mainstream voice, thereby averting a greater conflagration.
Johnson isn't explicitly predicting a housing boom, but his argument that increasing demand will be matched by increasing supply (thereby averting a boom, he implies) does not seem very robust.
It eliminated the possibility that a senator would add his name to the formal protests mounted by several members of the House to the Florida election count, thereby averting another mini-constitutional crisis.
Moreover, since the Americans struck a deal with Mr Assad to rid the country of chemical weapons in the aftermath of a sarin attack on August 21st, thereby averting American missile strikes against his regime, the flow of arms to the more moderate rebels has slowed.
Furthermore, it accentuates the success of timely and aggressive medical treatment, thereby averting high-risk open cardiac surgery.
Vilified by the drug companies, Kelsey stuck to her guns and thalidomide was not approved, thereby averting what could have been a tragedy.
By serving three-quarters of its clients with family planning and contraception, PP estimates that it prevents over 500,000 unintended pregnancies each year and thereby averts over 200,000 abortions.
