discourage
Example Sentences
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Authorities have urged the public to call the sheriff's office with any information, vowing to look into all leads, and discouraging the spread of misinformation.
From BBC
Jeb and I’d tried to explore those woods a few times, but if the chiggers didn’t discourage us, the poison ivy did.
From Literature
Chinese officials directed a rhetorical fusillade at Ms. Takaichi, and have ratcheted up economic pressure by discouraging Chinese tourism to Japan and restricting rare-earth mineral exports.
"I do feel a bit discouraged sometimes, but I still believe that one day it will be our turn," she added.
From Barron's
In normal conditions, such as a glass of water, water molecules rarely break apart on their own because the process is discouraged by both energy and entropy.
From Science Daily
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