You have just three of us to stave off fire from above.

It will certainly be needed to stave off their return.

He has lived long and cannot stave off death for many more years.

Sometimes I could stave off an attack by taking two every four hours.

They used the beat to stave off the bad news.

The current approach is to try to stave off the event until things get better.

It's not going to be enough to stave off James.

But that may not be enough to stave off the water crisis.

We can, however, ask that every effort be made to stave off a crisis.

Starting at age 40 instead would stave off one additional death.

Whether it makes a difference and will stave off the competition, I don't know.

Europe’s leaders believe they can stave off economic disaster without taking real action.

American tried hard to stave off Chapter 11, but just couldn’t any longer.

That could stave off political trouble - but do little for the economy.

Which may let us stave off disaster for at least a little while.

We are in a race against time to stave off disease and keep people alive.

So what's the best way to stave off that weight gain?

Government programs did much to stave off higher rates of poverty.

But it seemed that spring would not be staved off too long.

By then it was too late to stave off an upset.

But it must do well there to stave off competition.

To stave off the future, he asked, "Did anyone see what happened?"

He held up his hands to stave off her protests.

The police in the area staved off the attacks the first night.

I won't be able to stave off this guy forever.