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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The National Guard was sent in, to forestall any trouble.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But first, a brief general comment about space and time in order to forestall a possible misunderstanding.
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Once problems have actually arisen help of various kinds may supply a remedy or at least forestall something worse.
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Prior's Trade Union Act of 1980 was a moderate measure intended to forestall further attacks on union power.
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The legislation is now likely to prove the basis for implementing the referendum it failed to forestall .