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One of the bill’s architects, Pavel Krasheninnikov, told the Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda that the requirement to publish income had dissuaded public figures and business executives from running for office.

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023

“A real advantage for us was our total ignorance about the law surrounding gun litigation and all the hurdles” that had dissuaded others, Mr. Koskoff said.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2022

"I left it at that, assuming that I had dissuaded him," Porteus adds.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 1, 2019

Almost half of respondents said fear of fraud had dissuaded them from pursuing business opportunities in at least one foreign country -- particularly China, Africa and Latin America.

From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2010

Once when a friend told him that she was about to take her little girls to the pantomime, he did not rest till he had dissuaded her.

From The Story of Lewis Carroll Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland by Bowman, Isa