Sentence examples for thwart violence from inspiring English sources

Robert Williams, a civil-rights leader in North Carolina, called for "armed self-reliance" for blacks in order to thwart violence from racist whites.

The police surrounded Pakistan's biggest stock exchange to thwart violence by investors demanding a trading halt as price curbs imposed after the biggest slump in a decade locked up their money.

Over the past decade the legal principle has frequently been used to thwart gang violence.

The questions and tensions set up in the first 300 or so pages are resolved in a multifront action scene through the final 100 pages, as characters converge from around the country to create or thwart terrorist violence.

But even if someone were to be confirmed for the job, the agency's ability to thwart gun violence is hamstrung by legislative restrictions and by loopholes in federal gun laws, many law enforcement officials and advocates of tighter gun regulations say.

The Act's trailblazing, school-based behavioral health screening system will put the District at the forefront of efforts to thwart youth violence.

But their efforts, increasingly thwarted by violence and restrictions on access, are never enough.

Earlier efforts were thwarted by violence, for which the Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat, bears primary responsibility.

Yet Mr Abdullahi's attempts to start a new life in South Africa were repeatedly thwarted by violence.

But just as Europe needs Germany to succeed in integrating refugees (otherwise populists will benefit everywhere), the country needs Europe to act collectively to make sure the conditions for integration aren't thwarted by violence.

Phillips, on the other hand, told CNN he was attempting to thwart any potential violence between the two groups by playing his drum and chanting a healing prayer.