repel
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Drone strikes beyond the battlefield pump up market for technology to repel them.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
That ability to repel opposition players has become a trademark move.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s meant to contrast with the walls designed to repel refugees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
The limonene changes the algae's surface properties, making it repel water.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
Augurey feathers are useless as quills because they repel ink.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
In one part of the conveyor system, a vibrating panel called an eddy current creates a sort of reverse magnet that repels nonferrous materials like aluminum beverage cans into their own collection area.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
“Bug spray repels them like it repels any other insect, so you just have to kind of hope that you don’t get eaten alive,” Reaves said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
This protein acts as a guidance signal that repels growing nerve fibers, preventing them from entering sensitive regions of the spine.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
In the northern Danish city of Aalborg, the firm MyDefence makes equipment that jams and repels drones.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
Manticore skin repels almost all known charms and the sting causes instant death.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
"Debris has been reported in the area of the port of Vysotsk," Drozdenko said on social media early Saturday, while saying the "attack was still being repelled."
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
He punched away crosses, repelled free kick after free kick and, in one breath-catching moment, spread his limbs to deny Messi in a one-on-one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
They were briefly repelled by a security guard, who, along with two other victims in the parking lot, alerted people at the center and police to the attack, saving lives.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
Kuwait's military said it repelled a dawn drone attack.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
He told her which grains had protein, which vegetables had carotene, which fruits were too sugary He knew about everything; she was intimidated by this and proud of this and slightly repelled by this.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
If elected, Wadagni is expected to be able to count on the loyalty of the army, which played a decisive role in repelling an attempted coup against Talon in December.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
The rod-shaped CSV nanocrystals improve how well the perovskite precursor spreads across the typically water repelling SAM surface, allowing for more uniform coverage.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2026
This performance, one especially dear to Mr. Nakadai, still haunts, at once repelling viewers while somehow eliciting their sympathy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
This desperation, rather than repelling me, became a source of connection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
They’re basically polar opposites, like magnets repelling each other.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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