deterrent
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“The strongest deterrent to future misconduct is seeing a corrupt executive held to account.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Attorney Jay Clayton said in the announcement: “Today’s sentence sends a deterrent message: fraud will not be tolerated.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
"Today's sentence sends a deterrent message: Fraud will not be tolerated," US Attorney Jay Clayton said in a statement.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
In the face of such developments, it was the "steadfast stand" of the North to "further expand and strengthen the powerful and absolutely reliable deterrent for self-defence", Kim said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Like the majority of American law-enforcement officials, Dewey is certain that capital punishment is a deterrent to violent crime, and he felt that if ever the penalty had been earned, the present instance was it.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Meanwhile the latest fish kill figures have led to fresh calls for stronger deterrents to stop water pollution.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“And the durability of this truce depends less on the warmth of the words exchanged by the two leaders than on the credibility of the deterrents they can wield against each other.”
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
This lifestyle has also fostered an arms race of chemical deterrents to prevent the sponges from being eaten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Prosecutions are rare and the potential penalties are typically viewed as deterrents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025
The pervasive emptiness and stultifying summer heat were only minor deterrents when compared with the more elemental consideration that all the banking and commercial institutions were based elsewhere, chiefly in Philadelphia and New York.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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