dissuade

The point is to dissuade people from reading and shorten their attention spans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

They also proposed displaying cigarette-style images at sunbed shops and tanning salons to dissuade people from using them.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

The stepped-up security at Scientology buildings appeared to dissuade three teens who approached the building while a Times reporter observed a Hollywood location on Sunday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Blanca tried to dissuade him with the best of arguments, but he seemed not to hear her.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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

Walz told AP he hopes the Legislature will seek a compromise that includes fair pay for drivers but also dissuades the companies from leaving the market.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

It all builds to a standoff between Cornelius and Rosie Perez, who refuses to sign to his record label because he repeatedly dissuades her from consulting a lawyer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

"We expect slowing job growth in this sector as diminished loan availability dissuades restaurant operators and other smaller businesses from hiring new workers and opening new establishments."

From Reuters ● Mar. 30, 2023

The bachelor is dissuaded from becoming a tutor—Fabricio dissuades Gil Blas from taking the same situation.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various

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

I had heard rumblings about the Korean Festival Foundation’s watch party, but once I found out it would take place at Seoul International Park, I was almost dissuaded entirely.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

In recent years, companies have been dissuaded by the costs and complexity of being a public company subject to the SEC’s rules, Atkins said, including the requirement that companies report their earnings quarterly.

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

At one end of the public area was a large-scale model of the entire trail, which, had I seen it before I started, might well have dissuaded me from attempting such an ambitious undertaking.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Police stopped, questioned and frisked those suspected of carrying weapons or casing a business, dissuading the ill-intentioned from packing guns while reducing shootings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

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

Experts say the availability of auto-industry jobs has been a key factor in dissuading many Mexicans from immigrating to the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 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