deterrent
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The original plan for Hinkley Point approved by the government included a so-called 'Acoustic Fish Deterrent'.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024
In Congress, Steel sponsored a bill known as the Deterrent Act, which would expand oversight and disclosure requirements related to foreign money and influence in higher education.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024
The APL website said the lab is working on the new Ground-based Strategic Deterrent, the new land-based intercontinental ballistic missile that will replace the current force of Minuteman III ICBMs.
From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2022
But those options were not simple: Deterrent sounds and smells could also disturb other animals in the fjord and scare them away, Mr. Myhre said.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2022
Deterrent Taste and Smell.—The disturbing effects produced by other senses besides those of sight have been used in the same way for the production of definite therapeutic suggestive effects.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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