fail to avert
Frequency: 4.51.2 per million words
to be unsuccessful in preventing something
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- Despite intense negotiations, the leaders failed to avert the conflict.
- The government's last-minute measures failed to avert the financial crisis.
- The management has failed to avert the impending strike by the workers.
- Their noble efforts ultimately failed to avert the tragedy.
- If we continue to ignore the warnings, we will fail to avert an ecological disaster.
- The international community was heavily criticized because it failed to avert the war.
- Why did the security team fail to avert the danger when they had prior intelligence?
- The party leader failed to avert a showdown with the rebel faction.
- Unfortunately, the board of directors failed to avert the hostile takeover of the company.
- The early warning systems failed to avert the catastrophe.