A History of Short Words
From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle
AVERT
- Sat, 8 Feb '25
- Turn away
- Sun, 13 Oct '24
- Turn away
- Fri, 16 Aug '24
- Forestall
- Sun, 11 Aug '24
- Keep from happening
- Thu, 25 Jul '24
- Head off
- Tue, 9 Apr '24
- Stave off
- Sun, 10 Dec '23
- Stave off
- Tue, 21 Nov '23
- Prevent, as a crisis
- Fri, 14 Oct '22
- Manage to stop
- Sun, 3 Jul '22
- Stave off
- Sun, 3 Apr '22
- Turn aside
- Thu, 27 Jan '22
- Head off
- Fri, 30 Jul '21
- Fend off
- Mon, 8 Mar '21
- Prevent, as disaster