deterrent
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Surging hotel room costs in host cities are also a deterrent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
The independent disciplinary commission must find a punishment which is fair but also acts as a deterrent to any other club who might try to spy - especially before a game of such magnitude.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
For commercial operators, one deterrent is uncertainty about how the new transit plan should work.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
The challenges, however, were not a deterrent for his vision of expanding the liberty cities model.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
He locks the gate the rest of the time, but it’s hardly a deterrent, since all you have to do is hop the curb and drive around it.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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