dissuade

So far that hasn’t happened, but experts argue the lack of accompanied public messaging could still dissuade some people from keeping up-to-date on their vaccinations.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

At times, all he had to do to dissuade a would-be challenger was shoot them a menacing glance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 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

Once Dorothy made up her mind, no one— not her husband, not her in-laws, not the principal at Moton—would be able to dissuade her from her goal.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

In the short term, there's probably little that can be done other than targeting those who are "price gouging" in the hope that it dissuades others.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

In the series, Joss’ Ken dissuades Poehler’s peppy protagonist Leslie Knopefrom hosting a local festival on sacred burial grounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025

The program encourages fighters to lay down their arms and dissuades potential recruits.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2024

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

From Reuters ● Jul. 5, 2023

And yet again, he who dissuades one man from volunteering, or induces one soldier to desert, weakens the Union cause as much as he who kills a Union soldier in battle.

From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 6: 1862-1863 by Abraham Lincoln

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

"It doesn't seem like creators have been dissuaded from pushing misleading AI-generated images and videos about the conflict," he said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

They should have dissuaded these fools, but apparently he was as much a fool as the rest of them.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Hochman said last week that he wanted to thread the needle between punishing the illegal recording and not dissuading whistleblowers from coming forward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Even so, Denver’s sluggish condo market is dissuading some owners from selling, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

We understand that calling the principal himself an idiot wouldn’t be the most effective means of dissuading him from destructive ideas.

From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2026

At the same time, he said the lack of infrastructure, services and jobs was dissuading many Syrians who want to return home from doing so.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025

Had I succeeded in dissuading Hamlet from revenge?

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein