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They also proposed displaying cigarette-style images at sunbed shops and tanning salons to dissuade people from using them.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

The stepped-up security at Scientology buildings appeared to dissuade three teens who approached the building while a Times reporter observed a Hollywood location on Sunday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Gholami said the shooting would not dissuade him from further activism, even if personal security was increasingly front-of-mind.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

Evans knows his documentary won’t dissuade the true believers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

It is likely that Hans never intended to involve Sophie in the White Rose resistance activities, but once she found out, he could not dissuade her.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

Is received with great kindness by the King of Kaarta, who dissuades him from prosecuting his journey, on account of approaching hostilities with the King of Bambarra.

From Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa by Park, Mungo

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

It would also be important to make sure the animals were not dissuaded from gardens, which have become an essential habitat as the countryside becomes less suitable.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

None of this dissuaded Cadillac, a brand whose cultural relevance peaked in the mid–20th century, then receded for decades before returning in the form of hulking SUVs with tinted windows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

Again she declared that she was going to the saloon, but my mother dissuaded her once more.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Once a key storage of wealth, home prices across the country have stagnated, dissuading would-be buyers from investing.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 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

“When experience starts dissuading you from heading back out,” he writes, “it’s because you’ve grown old.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

I'm not the only skeptical of how the shallow manipulations of TikTok are dissuading people from having more meaningful, if more slow-moving, experiences in the real world.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025

Had I succeeded in dissuading Hamlet from revenge?

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein