prevent
Example Sentences
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She said she hoped that education, training and the expansion of legal places to ride would prevent an all-out ban on e-motos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Polygonum multiflorum may help prevent follicle cells from dying too early, which is important because healthy follicles depend on active, living cells to maintain the hair growth cycle.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
But the idea is to prevent death, engage clients and start a relationship that might lead to transformative care.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Ramaphosa has said he will not seek to prevent the committee from operating while it carries out preparatory work but will do so if it gets under way while legal proceedings are in place.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
But the barbed wrapping wasn’t only for weight; Sigurd had knotted and arranged it so it made a net around the outside, to prevent exactly what Anya was attempting.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing prevent
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