avert a disaster

What she could do to avert a disaster was beyond me.

I got there just in time to avert a disaster.

You now have that much less time to avert a disaster."

He just hoped he'd hit on what h was in time to avert a disaster.

Captain Foley saw that even now there might be time to avert a disaster.

The Kremlin initially praised the police for averting a disaster.

Some said it might have averted a disaster.

"This plan will not just avert a disaster, but help drive the kind of economic recovery we need to create jobs and spur growth.

Jenkins tried to swallow as he struggled to anticipate what would happen next and which was the right answer to avert a disaster.

A constellation of lucky circumstances here, including especially favorable weather and water conditions, have averted a disaster, scientists say.

"That's the kind of news I want to hear," Jake said with a sense of triumph that they'd averted a disaster.

"We have narrowly averted a disaster.

Quite apart from averting a disaster, efforts to fix the Y2K problem in advance brought different sorts of benefits.

His cool head, quick thinking and professional judgement averted a disaster when a ship was spotted bearing down on the Arabic out of the darkness.

Upon his arrival, he helps avert a disaster brought on by an out-of-control experiment to recreate the Big Bang.

Even though his instantaneous decision not to shoot averted a disaster, Officer Martinelli said he was shaken by the encounter for days.

The ensuing fire was rapidly extinguished, averting a disaster in a densely populated area near Tel Aviv.

With her aid, they averted a disaster and they accepted her advice to learn more about their powers by investigating their source.

But many delegates have noted that abortion is only one element of the far broader issue facing the meeting - averting a disaster in global population growth.

After Doom went back in time to avert a disaster, the Wildstorm and Marvel realities mixed.

It is that rare success story in which the I.M.F. averts a disaster, as it was meant to do.

But, as Hank Paulson said publicly, 'you don't get much credit for averting a disaster.' "

"We need the fuel, humanitarian supplies and essential equipment withheld by Israel for more than nine months to ease this human suffering and avert a disaster.

Perry's skill is demonstrated by his rapid reprogramming of an off-course missile, averting a disaster that could destroy Los Angeles.

He is unable, however, to avert a disaster: as Svetlana rushes to the party to find Anton, Yegor confronts her.