try to avert

Frequency: 7.08.1 per million words

to make an attempt to prevent something or to turn away

avertVERB + avert

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try to

Examples (10)

  • Diplomats are working around the clock to try to avert a full-scale war.
  • The leaders met to try to avert a looming international crisis.
  • The union and management held last-minute talks to try to avert the strike.
  • The company will try to avert bankruptcy by selling off some of its assets.
  • We must try to avert a trade war that would harm both economies.
  • The government implemented new policies as they tried to avert a recession.
  • He did everything he could to try to avert the tragedy that he saw coming.
  • Emergency services are doing their best to try to avert disaster as the floodwaters rise.
  • She would always try to avert her eyes whenever she passed the accident scene.
  • He tried to avert his gaze from the screen, knowing the content would be disturbing.