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Discover LudwigThe phrase "they avert" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when discussing how someone or something is actively taking steps to avoid or prevent something. For example, "The government implemented strict safety regulations to avert disaster."
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Or will they avert their eyes and let the practice continue?
By so doing, they avert prosecution for corruption and silence the beginnings of a free press.
When they look up and see me, they see an old man, and they avert their eyes.
Road-charging or schemes to slow traffic are judged by the number of deaths or injuries they avert.
During booms, macroprudential measures, such as restraints on lending, will tend to arouse anger, and if they avert a crisis, the public will never know.
"If they avert a second round, we can only conclude that they have had a long-term plan for fraud all along".
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He arrived here a cringing cur that averted his eyes when he saw the judges, and they averted theirs.
They averted their gazes from the great crimes.
But, in fact, the realized losses were minuscule when compared with the widespread suffering they averted.
When asked not to throw them, they averted their eyes guiltily, the way a busted third grader might.
The Perth side came into the match after five straight league defeats but they averted a sixth straight loss.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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