deterred
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Schwarzenegger said California must not be deterred by external threats or the difficult challenges that lie ahead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
But Warsame isn’t deterred, seeing “at least two movies a week” and hoping for more rereleases of studio films and midnight movies of all kinds.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
The ICC said it wouldn’t be deterred by the U.S. sanctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The intruder might have been deterred by the couple’s two dogs — except that neither canine acted like a traditional guard dog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The few times I’d wished I could walk in one direction for as long as I wanted, the threat of those rattlesnakes deterred me.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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