Industry's desire to forestall criticisms, arising from an inflated fear of them, only serves to aggravate public distrust. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
So rather than sort of eliminating politics it really might just kind of forestall it and really kind of rile it up over the next 48 months. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2008] Reference
Which d'you think, 'forestall' or 'outmaneuver'? ". From Wordnik.com. [Operation Luna]
So buying Chrysler would only forestall the inevitable. From Wordnik.com. [Comin' Through!] Reference
And what, if anything, can we do to forestall any of this?. From Wordnik.com. [THE SCIENCE OF DOOM] Reference
Thus he can't forestall crises — he can only mop up afterward. From Wordnik.com. [How to Sell a Better Pope] Reference
He held up both hands to silence and forestall Meixu as well as Fong. From Wordnik.com. [Eight Maids a'Milking] Reference
And the party's election rules could forestall a quick end to the race. From Wordnik.com. [GRINS AND GRENADES] Reference
We have, I think, helped to forestall anything worse happening in Sarajevo. From Wordnik.com. [After The Survivors] Reference
According to the salesman, that would hush the chime and forestall the warning message. From Wordnik.com. [Just In: A BMW 5 Series that calls the cops and cries wolf] Reference
Beijing will forestall trouble by cutting taxes and pouring money into rural infrastructure. From Wordnik.com. [Global Buzz] Reference
Why forestall the inevitable when it is already here, when it has already been here for so long?. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Codex Infinitum] Reference
The goal now is just to forestall the worst: to keep HIV from reaching 5 percent of India's adults. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Aids Crisis] Reference
But scientists hope to forestall the effects by boosting telomerase, an enzyme that rebuilds telomeres. From Wordnik.com. [Never Say Die] Reference
Democrats tried to forestall some of the cuts by passing a tax hike on millionaires - Christie vetoed it. From Wordnik.com. [The Governor Who Slashes Budgets With A Smile] Reference
Only timely U.S. government intervention on trade with China will forestall the demise of U.S. manufacturing. From Wordnik.com. [Usha Haley: The Pandora's Box of Trade With China] Reference
He has also helped forestall a new round of potential Balkanization by keeping Serbia and Montenegro together. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Mr. Fix-It] Reference
They added that they plan to meet with Arpaio's lawyers next week in a last-ditch effort to forestall litigation. From Wordnik.com. [Justice Dept. threatens to sue Ariz. sheriff Arpaio in civil rights inquiry] Reference
In another container there was an enormous piece of chocolate cake, maybe to forestall complaints about the rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Grief Counselor] Reference
Such an outcome would forestall the economic transformation needed to effectively address the global climate problem. From Wordnik.com. [California's Cap-and-Trade Decisions] Reference
Inc., elected to buy the warrants back from Treasury directly to forestall the government's plans to auction them off. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. to Sell Warrants in Two Insurers] Reference
So that means Hillary essentially has to sweep the rest to fully forestall a move by party leaders to tell her to quit. From Wordnik.com. [Tonight, Tonight] Reference
They added that they plan to meet with the sheriff's attorneys next week in a last-ditch effort to forestall litigation. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. may sue Arizona's Sheriff Arpaio for not cooperating in investigation] Reference
If he wants to forestall Bossi -- and avoid the courtroom -- Berlusconi had better come up with some ideas of his own, fast. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
It leaves Parlak living under the continuing threat of deportation, with little he can do legally to forestall that outcome. From Wordnik.com. [Geoffrey R. Stone: American Justice? Two-and-a Half Cheers for the Department of Homeland Security!] Reference
Is it better for the incoming president to pitch in with the outgoing administration to forestall disaster — or hang loose?. From Wordnik.com. [Letter? I Never Got Any Letter, Herbert.] Reference
Toward the end of "The Information," Amis hastily reflects on midlife crises and the way writers use words to forestall death. From Wordnik.com. [The Infamous Martin Amis] Reference
And the political cost of having been unable to forestall default by one of its tiniest members is unacceptable to the eurocracy. From Wordnik.com. [Everything's Fine With Greece, Just Ignore Some Facts] Reference
Think of all the ways Gable and Colbert, traveling across country together in "It Happened One Night," had to forestall actually doing it. From Wordnik.com. [Which Actress Made a Movie that Grossed Over $200 Million?] Reference
With a vigorous workout program and improved diet, Peterson, now 39, is hoping to forestall some of the infirmity and keep working until he's 55. From Wordnik.com. [A Certain Bittersweet Comfort] Reference
So in this season of tax despair, it's tempting to believe that some of the tax "reform" proposals kicking around will help forestall future tax nightmares. From Wordnik.com. [THE FIX IS IN] Reference
Sir Alan Walters, onetime economic adviser to former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, warns that only a deep currency devaluation can forestall a 1930s-style depression. From Wordnik.com. [Peace And Prosperity?] Reference
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