Wage increases to a certain level will probably help to ______ the average consumers from the effects of higher prices.
When products made in factories _____, they are thrown away as garbage.
. I _____ her not to walk on the thin ice but she would not listen to me.
It was clear that the small grocer was _____ people he owed money to.
The party, which had been greatly _____, was spoiled by the rude behavior of an uninvited guest.
Everything he said then was _____ by what happened later.