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Every day I talk to business leaders who want to take their companies public but are discouraged by costly and complicated regulatory reporting requirements.

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Ken said the scammers also discouraged them from speaking to their family.

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Reagan Conrad, who hosts “The Comments Section” podcast for the Daily Wire, discouraged egg freezing.

"When I first spoke to scientists at the Cardamom Research Institute, they discouraged me. They said cardamom is too sensitive and difficult to grow organically."

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The air quality in the aftermath of the Palisades and Eaton fires discouraged car owners from taking their vehicles in for a wash since they would get filthy again so quickly.

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