We were able to stop the Nidals and, in so doing, avert a war.

Mr. Bush had called them to try to avert a war between the two nations.

He added, "Military action is unjustifiable, and we should make all efforts to avert a war."

"I agree it's time we did the logical thing, if only to avert a war," he said.

I'm hoping we can all be reasonable and avert a war."

"Oh, the usual averted a war, condemned some people to death.

Few, however, entertained strong hopes that efforts to avert a war had much chance of succeeding.

To say nothing of what you meant when you said that only I could avert a war."

"And what does he mean about 'averting a war'?"

When the missiles came along, the two countries narrowly averted a war in the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.

"They'll be falling all over each other to do anything that might avert a war between Antonius and me.

The Thallonian had seemed so concerned about the situation, so determined to avert a war.

He only manages to avert a war by hugging the Italian leader outside the restaurant, in full view of his gang.

An elven prince had traveled to human lands to open negotiations to avert a war.

"You want to avert a war," he said.

"The United States is still pursuing every diplomatic channel available in the hopes of averting a war."

What was being asked of Quark now was for him to avert a war and perhaps save the quadrant.

There are numerous cases where diplomacy has succeeded, for example in averting a war between Iran and Afghanistan last year.

He had likely saved billions by his actions, averting a war that virtually everybody had considered inevitable.

Only you can avert a war."

In a statement, the 12-nation community said it had done everything possible to avert a war and it urged Arab countries to continue their peace efforts.

They would avert that catastrophe, and by the sounds of it they might avert a war as well.

The agreement reached during that conference averted a war between France and Germany over economic rights in Morocco.

To avert a war that might drag their own countries into conflict, ministers of other countries rushed to offer compromise proposals.

In New Delhi, members of the political elite urge concessions to Iraq to avert a war.