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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
forestall .
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Examples
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Sapphire, at least the title forestalled any copyright claims.
NYT > Home Page By MELENA RYZIK 2011
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Sapphire, at least the title forestalled any copyright claims.
NYT > Home Page By MELENA RYZIK 2011
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There was some doubt as to the starting of a great favourite, owing to a report that the owner had been "forestalled" -- an excuse which always sounds very weak to me, as surely if outsiders can back a horse at
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 Various
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Darwin did so, shocked that he had been "forestalled".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Darwin did so, shocked that he had been "forestalled".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Darwin did so, shocked that he had been "forestalled".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Darwin did so, shocked that he had been "forestalled".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Darwin did so, shocked that he had been "forestalled".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Darwin did so, shocked that he had been "forestalled".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Darwin did so, shocked that he had been "forestalled".
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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