deter
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The missions have flown over international waters, never over land, getting as close as 30 miles from the island, possibly to deter any attempts of breaching the oil blockade.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Their goals appear to center on “adaptive predictive artificial intelligence,” which is almost impossible to detect or deter.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
It worked to “disrupt, deter and degrade foreign adversaries’ ability to interfere with and influence how U.S. citizens vote and how those votes are counted.”
From Salon • May 21, 2026
Business owners say they fear new on-street parking charges on a popular coastal town's promenade could deter customers and visitors.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
This estimate was very roughly corroborated two decades later by the Marquis de Denonville, governor of New France, who destroyed the annual harvest of four adjacent Haudenosaunee villages to deter future attacks.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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