chase away
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If those steps don’t work, Kellum said other options might include trapping and potentially using nonlethal projectiles, such as paint balls, to chase away, haze and deter them.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
We ride along with ranger Ian Van Nest, who is looking for a stubborn bear that he and his colleagues tried to chase away earlier that day.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024
In China, people customarily light firecrackers, which are thought to chase away the fearful monster Nian.
From National Geographic • Feb. 5, 2024
She claimed the North scrambled warplanes to chase away the U.S. plane.
From Washington Times • Jul. 11, 2023
Yevgeniya “Zhenya” Prokhorova and Valeria “Lera” Khomyakova ran for their Yak-1s, scrambled in, and took off into the dark to chase away the enemy planes.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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