dissuade

So far that hasn’t happened, but experts argue the lack of accompanied public messaging could still dissuade some people from keeping up-to-date on their vaccinations.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Signs of economic weakness could dissuade policymakers at the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates, offering a short-term boost to the equity market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 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

Blanca tried to dissuade him with the best of arguments, but he seemed not to hear her.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

The program encourages fighters to lay down their arms and dissuades potential recruits.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2024

Mark Llewellyn Slade, the firm's founder, says that's because he dissuades people who don't stand much chance - and also because they've put in more than 1,500 applications and "learned what works and doesn't work".

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 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

That’s because low vitamin D levels are common in people with any health condition that dissuades them from spending time outdoors—the sun is an important source of vitamin D—or from eating a vitamin-rich diet.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 13, 2023

But this was not his manner of reasoning with Hastings, whose fidelity to his master's sons was without suspect: and yet the Devil, who never dissuades by impossibility, taught him to try him.

From Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations by Charles William Eliot

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

A number of readers wrote that when doing a full accounting of the costs of an EV, insurance costs and such surcharges ultimately dissuaded them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

“At least bring a guard with you,” Stanton pleads, once it becomes obvious that Lincoln will not be dissuaded.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Hochman said last week that he wanted to thread the needle between punishing the illegal recording and not dissuading whistleblowers from coming forward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Even so, Denver’s sluggish condo market is dissuading some owners from selling, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

We understand that calling the principal himself an idiot wouldn’t be the most effective means of dissuading him from destructive ideas.

From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

Had I succeeded in dissuading Hamlet from revenge?

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein