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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

You share your dream and right away people laugh, try to dissuade you, do what they can to plant a seed of doubt.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

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

Mark Llewellyn Slade, the firm's founder, says that's because he dissuades people who don't stand much chance - and also because they've put in more than 1,500 applications and "learned what works and doesn't work".

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2023

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

Is received with great kindness by the King of Kaarta, who dissuades him from prosecuting his journey, on account of approaching hostilities with the King of Bambarra.

From Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa by Mungo Park

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

It would also be important to make sure the animals were not dissuaded from gardens, which have become an essential habitat as the countryside becomes less suitable.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

The security forces dissuaded curious onlookers but did not halt an endless stream of floral bouquets sent to pay tribute to Oseguera.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 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

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

“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

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