Example Sentences
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And a judge last week ordered the town to release video of the incident, a move the town forestalled by appealing Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Then she drove off to Portland, Ore., where she forestalled her father’s hope that she become a lawyer by eventually landing a job at alternative newspaper Willamette Week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
So this was largely a case of harm forestalled rather than harm halted: implementation is easier in such cases, as no ‘making good’ is required.
From Salon ● May 28, 2025
Wednesday’s decision forestalled any such attack on double jeopardy.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2024
Today it had forestalled carnage, at least for a time.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
