discourage

Distance, not just walls, makes it easier to evade responsibility — and to discourage questions.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

He said it was "right that their remuneration recognises the complexity and importance of those responsibilities, while ensuring that financial considerations do not discourage people from seeking elected office".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

But it could also discourage ranchers from rebuilding their cattle herds, prolonging the supply shortage, according to analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

“The passage of Senate Bill 1159 is an important step to clarify the law and discourage the use of emerging technologies to falsify public records and mislead regulators in California,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

“There is some sense in what he says about the girls, however, and if he is disposed to make them any amends, I shall not be the person to discourage him.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

It’s a grim idea, that our hope is in a tool that discourages in-depth reading and a long-shot hypothetical strategy—both of which rely on technology known for sowing confusion.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

The Dare Market app allows people to challenge one another to complete dares for prizes or money, but discourages users from breaking any laws, Rose-Perfito said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

“Businesses are concerned about long-term shortages of energy supply, and this discourages investment and weakens the effect of government stimuli,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Taxing buildings and land together at the same rate discourages precisely the activity cities most need, namely new construction and redevelopment.

From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026

Any system that constricts teachers—holds them to small-bore metrics, punishes them for forces outside their control, discourages their creativity and spontaneity, chips away at their humanity—is a bad system.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

A "toxic negativity" persists around whistleblowing with staff discouraged from speaking out, the inquiry said.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

“That’s what happens when you feel discouraged or like nothing’s going to change.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

A combination of high mortgage rates, years of tight housing supply and record-high prices has discouraged many would-be first-time buyers and repeat buyers.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Steven Spielberg even said the movie was so good it discouraged him, the man who made Jaws, from wanting to direct a new horror film himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

I was discouraged to note that I was grubby again already and barking for white bread.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

But it is also making remaining managers’ jobs tougher, and potentially discouraging younger workers from pursuing management careers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

DollyFest organiser Danny Nozell, the founder and CEO of CTK Enterprises, said the estate is not discouraging people from celebrating Dolly in whatever ways they choose, but Parton did not want a traditional memorial.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Lieu expressed concern that security perimeters would be so large during the Games that drop-off points would be even more distant, necessitating walks of up to half an hour, discouraging fans from taking buses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

That could undermine the vaccine’s financial viability, a de facto way of discouraging Moderna from continuing to market it.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Anxiously he clicked to the second frame, and what he saw was no less discouraging: a dirty bare foot.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen