deterrent
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Increasing the fee that is available for local authorities to penalise drivers will be a "stronger deterrent", he added.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Our first Columbia-class submarine won’t conduct a deterrent patrol until 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Maybe threatening to attack is enough of a deterrent, and maybe military escorts are effective, Mills said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
He writes that the rule will have an “obvious deterrent effect on student enrollment,” and notes that dozens of international students have already withdrawn from their programs.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Not only did all those police act as a deterrent, but they also provided the manpower to imprison criminals who might have otherwise gone uncaught.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
He suggested the low prosecution rate "encourages polluting by not having successful deterrents".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“And the durability of this truce depends less on the warmth of the words exchanged by the two leaders than on the credibility of the deterrents they can wield against each other.”
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
It would require ranchers seeking compensation to show they were using nonlethal deterrents approved by the department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
This lifestyle has also fostered an arms race of chemical deterrents to prevent the sponges from being eaten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The pervasive emptiness and stultifying summer heat were only minor deterrents when compared with the more elemental consideration that all the banking and commercial institutions were based elsewhere, chiefly in Philadelphia and New York.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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