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You can’t know everything that will happen, but thinking through as much as you can will forestall a lot of bad outcomes.

From MarketWatch Apr. 22, 2026

Production ramping up elsewhere and slower demand growth due to China’s lockdowns will forestall a big deficit, the Paris-based IEA said.

From Reuters May 12, 2022

The stronger job market will forestall foreclosures and distressed sales, and the housing shortage will put a proverbial floor under prices in many communities.

From Washington Post Jan. 6, 2022

In addition to attendants, the toilets will be monitored by a maintenance crew and security, which organizers hope will forestall the problems that so long soured skid row bathroom politics.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2017

I will forestall their repaire hither, and say you are not fit Ham.

From Hamlet by Shakespeare, William