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repel

[ri-pel] / rɪˈpɛl /




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Appeared in the February 10, 2026, print edition as 'Olympia’s Plan to Repel Startups'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

The Repel Windproof Travel Umbrella is now $20, or 35 percent off the normal price.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2019

Consumer Reports recently tested several so-called natural spray repellents and recommended at least one, Repel Lemon Eucalyptus.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2017

Medina sprayed herself with sunblock and slid a bottle of Repel 100 for mosquitoes into the pocket of her green uniform before getting into her SUV.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2016

I shust peleve dot der Repel ish flanking, und dem tam fool curnells of mein ish not got sense enuff to know ven Sheneral Hood is flanking.

From "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show by Watkins, Sam R.




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