Usage examples for prevent
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" Yes, that's true; it will be all right if I can prevent it getting any worse. – Secret Bread by F. Tennyson Jesse
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Self- respect, if nothing else, would prevent his even speaking another word to her that night. – Laramie Holds the Range by Frank H. Spearman
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I couldn't prevent it, Mr. Krogstad. – A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen