Tom made a creditable attempt at dissuading Mary, but she was determined.
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Tom made a creditable attempt at dissuading Mary, but she was determined.
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The DOJ says that in 2015, its Wildlife Trafficking Task Force campaign, aimed at dissuading consumers from buying illegal wildlife or wildlife products, reached tens of millions of people in the United States and Asia.
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It might have been a good thing if he had, unsuited as he was physically, but the mood passed easily under fraternal dissuadings and a feeling of duty toward his father.
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