repel
Example Sentences
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U.S. special forces have been training Mexican military teams to repel attacks at stadiums.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
This causes them to repel each other and prevents them from being captured easily during filtration.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
They have been used in a range of consumer products since the 1940s, from clothing and cosmetics to food packaging and nonstick cookware, often as a slippery coating to repel water or stains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
“So 6,475 strike behaves like kryptonite for the market; it can repel price from above and below,” Kizemchuck said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 28, 2026
Since neither pigs nor chickens can be harnessed to pull carts, highlanders remained without sources of power other than human muscle power, and also failed to evolve epidemic diseases to repel the eventual European invaders.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing repel
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