dissuade

At times, all he had to do to dissuade a would-be challenger was shoot them a menacing glance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

It reenacts the Prophet Abraham's stoning of the devil at three places where Satan is said to have tried to dissuade him from obeying God's command to sacrifice his son Ishmael.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

If the person on the other end tries to dissuade you from talking to anyone else, or tries to tell you there’s no time, it’s a scam.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

Skelton said the decision to release Calocane to the crisis team and return him to his accommodation was not a "gamble" or influenced by Calocane trying to "dissuade" him from sectioning him.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

They called around big Wall Street firms to see if anyone could dissuade them from buying credit default swaps on the double-A tranche of CDOs.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

High doses can also sometimes cause changes in behaviour, such as depression, which often dissuades people from starting treatment, according to campaigners.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024

Walz told AP he hopes the Legislature will seek a compromise that includes fair pay for drivers but also dissuades the companies from leaving the market.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

It all builds to a standoff between Cornelius and Rosie Perez, who refuses to sign to his record label because he repeatedly dissuades her from consulting a lawyer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

"We expect slowing job growth in this sector as diminished loan availability dissuades restaurant operators and other smaller businesses from hiring new workers and opening new establishments."

From Reuters ● Mar. 30, 2023

Feeling some doubts about the wisdom of this step, he first consults a friend, who dissuades him, but, seeing the advice is rejected, replies “Do as you like.”

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

Aides ultimately dissuaded the president from that plan, but a day before the June 12 ribbon cutting, the event was abruptly called off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

He may have been dissuaded from imposing a toll, but this is the way he thinks, and this is how he defines U.S. interests.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

Immigration raids and wildfires dissuaded tourists from visiting, and even Canadian tourists who typically make up the largest number of foreign visitors to California dropped 21%.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

"Second, and most important, the harassment by the British press has dissuaded them from ever cooperating with UK authorities or speaking with the British press."

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Again she declared that she was going to the saloon, but my mother dissuaded her once more.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

So leaders have more trouble either credibly threatening bad members to resign or dissuading other members from taking justice into their own hands.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026

The ever-shifting landscape of golden visas isn’t dissuading people from securing one, however.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

“When experience starts dissuading you from heading back out,” he writes, “it’s because you’ve grown old.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

After illegal border crossings reached historic highs in 2023, the administration utilized those discretionary programs in hopes of dissuading migrants from further overwhelming the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

Had I succeeded in dissuading Hamlet from revenge?

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein