• At earlier stages in Bosnia's war, when Muslim strongholds like Gorazde or Bihac had been on the verge of falling, America had worked (without the promise of ground troops) to galvanise its allies insisting that battle-plans be drawn up, and threats of bombing be issued, so as to warn off the Serbs.

    ECONOMIST: Washington chronicle

  • In fact, we heard today that another moderate cleric, a very senior moderate cleric in the southern city of Kandahar was gunned down, and this is apparently part of a tactic that's intended to warn people off from cooperating with the government of President Hamid Karzai, warn people off from cooperating with the United States and NATO troops who are here.

    NPR: Roadside Bomb Kills Four Soldiers in Afghanistan

  • This is not the only initiative on the menu to warn consumers off certain foods.

    ECONOMIST: Junk food

  • Sometimes the seat-of-the-pants method still works: his gut reaction over Georgia to warn Russia off immediately was the right one.

    ECONOMIST: The presidential election

  • To Roach's credit, his parting U.S. shot was to warn Congress off hitting China instead of letting markets sort it out.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Key recommendations in Defra's report include a legal requirement for vessels to use "pingers", a device which will emit a noise under water to warn dolphins off.

    BBC: Dolphins plan dismissed

  • The fine would have been far greater had the Swiss government not intervened to warn the US off putting UBS in a fragile financial position.

    FORBES: Wall Street Pays For Its Crimes

  • "I am convinced we need to warn earlier and then back off the warnings if the drugs prove safe, " he says.

    FORBES: Cardiac Critic

  • For one thing those on the front line in counter-terrorism warn that it risks cutting off vital local intelligence and serving as a recruiting sergeant for terrorists.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | David Davis speech in full

  • McCarthy arrived after the battle was over to finish off the wounded and warn of fresh attacks.

    ECONOMIST: McCarthyism

  • Conservationists warn that recently revealed chalk arches off the North Norfolk coast could be destroyed by one careless pass of a trawl net.

    BBC: Cash shortage stretches to sea bed

  • Perhaps more significantly, Ketz and others warn the plan could further choke off the credit markets and result in higher mortgage rates in the long run.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Bernie Marcus used to warn salesclerks that he would bite off the finger of the next one he caught pointing a customer toward where to find something. (The clerk is supposed to walk you there and chat you up about your project along the way.) Marcus would have a mouthful of digits if he had followed this reporter over the last few weeks.

    FORBES: Profit in a big orange box

  • Oil producers warn that uncertainty about drilling in the Arctic may permanently scare off oil companies willing to pay billions for a chance to find some of the last untapped U.S. oil reserves.

    WSJ: Drilling Rules Hit Alaska Pipeline

  • All WLAN-equipped cars in the vicinity then get the message, but they'll warn their drivers only if they're headed for the same off-ramp.

    CNN: Behold the?all-seeing, self-parking, safety-enforcing, networked car

  • Laid-off employees are now routinely asked to waive their rights under WARN in exchange for whatever severance they do get.

    FORBES: Layoffs And Lawsuits

  • And when I spoke, I did warn him, the Vice President, of the danger of things getting off track.

    FORBES: Ferguson on Better Research, Addressing Causes of Aggression and Mental Illness and Being Involved with Children's Video Game Content

  • Both cases prompted England coach Fabio Capello to warn his players they face exclusion from his World Cup squad if they are caught misbehaving off the field.

    BBC: Gilberto Silva backs Wayne Rooney for World Cup glory

  • But the conservationists warn that, unless they act now, they will soon have to choose between killing off the manatee population completely or restricting boats so severely that messing about on the rivers, canals and bays of South Florida will no longer be such fun.

    BBC: Manatee

  • Although the data show a rise in the speculative long positions overall, analysts at Barclays Capital warn that since the cutoff date for the information was June 5, before the market sold off on Thursday.

    FORBES: FOCUS: Speculative Buyers Mostly Return To Precious Metals -CFTC

  • Like most malware attacks, there are clues as to its origin - however security experts warn that any calling cards found within the attack's code could in fact be an attempt to throw investigators off the real scent.

    BBC: 'Red October' cyber-attack found by Russian researchers

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