repelled

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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

The author acknowledges that there is a benefit to being repelled by animals that carry disease—or that look like they might.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Ukrainian authorities said they repelled the vast majority of the more than 600 Russian drones, which appears to have been the largest attack in several days.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

The Syrian army said that it had repelled a drone attack from neighbouring Iraq that targeted a southern Syrian base which previously housed US forces, state media reported.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald