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For example, eliminating the tax cap could increase marginal tax rates on labor income in high-tax states, including New York, California and Oregon, which could discourage workers from earning more.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

“We are discussing the best way to discourage these larger brands” from infiltrating “possibly the very last place on the internet for genuine company reviews and feedback,” the moderator added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

As the algae decay, they can damage marine environments, threaten human and animal health, discourage tourism, and create financial losses for coastal communities.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

In the straw poll, each council member was required anonymously assign each candidate one of three labels: "encourage," "discourage," or "no opinion."

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

But that kind of risk didn’t discourage Roosevelt—it made him want to go even more.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

“Businesses are concerned about long-term shortages of energy supply, and this discourages investment and weakens the effect of government stimuli,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

However, colonoscopies -- the primary screening method used today -- can be costly and uncomfortable, which discourages many people from getting tested on time.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2026

They highlight that restrictive zoning is largely to blame for underproduction relative to job growth and concur that rent control is counterproductive as it discourages the addition of supply, even with strong demand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

The EU's McGrath said the new regime would help companies avoid navigating 27 legal systems, which "slows growth, increases costs and often discourages companies from scaling up across Europe".

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

Abnegation discourages anything done strictly for my own enjoyment, and that is what this is: my lungs burning, my muscles aching, the fierce pleasure of a flat-out sprint.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

New graduates lament that while their college professors discouraged the use of AI tools, hiring managers applaud it.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

The state also alleges Amazon discouraged unionization by terminating or threatening to terminate delivery contractors whose workers attempted to organize and restricted competition among contractors through policies that prevented them from recruiting each other’s drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

With unemployment above 33 percent -- and far higher when discouraged job seekers are included -- labour unions and researchers argue there is no shortage of South Africans willing to work.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

The commission is not discouraged by any of this data.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

“Papa never discouraged me. He always made the stories weirder.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

That could undermine the vaccine’s financial viability, a de facto way of discouraging Moderna from continuing to market it.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Egypt's leaders have struck a cautious note since, warning against any "escalation" in the conflict and discouraging "speculation" while keeping a tight grip on the media narrative.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

“Those are some of the things that lets some of the air out of the balloon by discouraging borrowing and crimping consumption and investment.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

The discovery may be discouraging for agencies that have spent decades trying to contain Guam's brown tree snake population.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

The inward person doth shrink and hesitate before the daunting inception of active deeds, wishing that some discouraging voice should intervene and forbid, so that no hazard might be made.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson