| Audience participation was animated to the point that the quizmaster had to hush the audience during the tie to pre-empt prompts. |
| Dulles's precipitous move to withdraw the offer thus appears as an attempt to pre-empt such action by the Committee. |
| The ploy was intended to defuse tensions and pre-empt a possible rebellion in the Campo. |
| First, it is clear the authorities did little or nothing to pre-empt the events of last year. |
| For this campaign Soviet troops used parachute formations on a large scale to occupy the ports of Dairen and Port Arthur to pre-empt an anticipated American landing. |
| If an energy bill is passed, Congress may pre-empt all or part of the EPA's powers to regulate GHG emissions. |
