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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

I think a lot of people took away the idea that she was dissuading you from investigating.

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2018

When Paul began representing Bazley, a McDonald’s All-American from Cincinnati, one of his first missions was dissuading the teenager from trying to cast himself as some sort of pioneer.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2018

The unfortunate suggestion was that a goal of military action was dissuading those people from coming to America.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2015

Both Alice and Glencora could see that a man at his elbow was dissuading him,—had even attempted to stop the arm which held the rake.

From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony