deter

Example Sentences

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It applies to the strait and adjacent waters to "secure transit passage and to deter attempts to close, obstruct or otherwise interfere with international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Plus, without mechanisms to make any war catastrophic for Beijing, one expert warns, failure to deter it in the Taiwan Strait could plunge the world into chaos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

"But I do not want them to deter from the overall goals of general, standard coverage of treatments for obesity."

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The bases allow the U.S. to quickly detect threats headed toward the homeland, deter Russia and project force abroad, analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

This estimate was very roughly corroborated two decades later by the Marquis de Denonville, governor of New France, who destroyed the annual harvest of four adjacent Haudenosaunee villages to deter future attacks.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann