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But there is no guarantee that a vibrant riverfront will completely offset the city’s ongoing weaknesses, including an underfunded public school system and inadequate public transportation, that dissuade potential new residents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

His family, he told Gandhi, had tried to dissuade him from going to the protest, but "I couldn't stop myself".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

It reenacts the Prophet Abraham's stoning of the devil at three places where Satan is said to have tried to dissuade him from obeying God's command to sacrifice his son Ishmael.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

If the person on the other end tries to dissuade you from talking to anyone else, or tries to tell you there’s no time, it’s a scam.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

‘And he has passed into the shadow from which none have returned. I could not dissuade him. He is gone.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

He added there was an "unwelcome increase in tax on landlord income from rental property which, on top of recent legislation, rather dissuades people from investing in property to let".

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025

A lack of enough childcare spots dissuades many working women from becoming mothers, he added.

From Reuters ● Jul. 5, 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

He started dumping soapy water down the corner steps to de-stink them in the summer and realized it also dissuades people from sleeping or sitting there.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2022

Mary dissuades Claire from attempting anything in the spring—their unlucky time.

From Mrs. Shelley by Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti

Aides ultimately dissuaded the president from that plan, but a day before the June 12 ribbon cutting, the event was abruptly called off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

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

"Second, and most important, the harassment by the British press has dissuaded them from ever cooperating with UK authorities or speaking with the British press."

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

“At least bring a guard with you,” Stanton pleads, once it becomes obvious that Lincoln will not be dissuaded.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

“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

Parallel talks on gas supplies are also underway, as Russia has been offering only short-term contracts in recent months -- a tactic Vucic has said was aimed at dissuading Serbia from seizing NIS.

From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025

After illegal border crossings reached historic highs in 2023, the administration utilized those discretionary programs in hopes of dissuading migrants from further overwhelming the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 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