Avert
Avert verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
Rock
Rock verb - To make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions.
Both words in one sentence
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If a rock star survives beyond this age, he or she is likely to avert this trope.
Source: Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll -
In one of the Doctor Who Expanded Universe novels, a character plays rock-paper-scissors with an Eldritch Abomination to avert The End of the World as We Know It.
Source: Rock-Paper-Scissors -
Rock Center is trying to avert this, but notice that it's not replacing any of Dateline NBC's airtime.
Source: Filler
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