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Some actual Buffetts have warded off comparisons to Berkshire’s chairman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Twitter next said it had invited Musk to join its board, a move that would limit the billionaire’s stake to below 15 percent and would have warded off a takeover.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022

“Personnel from the US Embassy came in and interrogated us. This scared us. The sanctions are so harsh they have warded people off. It’s worked.”

From Forbes • Nov. 12, 2014

Yet he may now wonder whether he could have warded off an embarrassment that has brought the national set-up to its knees.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2012

Gharib replied, "O madman, an the fire had soul or sense it would have warded off from self all that hurteth it."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir