prevent
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“Our teams have worked for years to build safeguards, launch safety tutorials, partner with experts, and work with law enforcement to help prevent the misuse of our platform,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
“At the same time, we are encouraged that Congress can prevent similarly situated taxpayers from facing the same unfair result by enacting the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
The 1700s statutes were not, in fact, limited to poaching, but were also meant to prevent “armed trespass, property theft or damage, and gun violence, whether intentional or accidental.”
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
Sauer said court review of TPS decisions was barred to prevent "judicial micromanagement" of foreign policy determinations.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
Then I could reverse time and prevent the ginormous star from exploding, so my family wouldn’t be swallowed by a stupid black hole.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing prevent
"Handle with Care"
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