Pre-empt used in a sentence

Pre-empt in a sentence as a noun

An invasion is an invasion even if it was said that the invasion was to pre-empt another invasion.

Back in the early days of social games my company did the same thing - got wind of a Zynga announcement, pre-empt it in the press, and work like **** to get it out.

Mr Steveyson suspects that Boogle may now be sharing live search information with local law enforcement agencies in a bid to both pre-empt crime and increase conviction rates.