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
"Electrons normally repel each other, but in superconductors they form pairs; this pair formation is the key to a superconductor's ability to conduct electricity without dissipation," said Lau.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
He could repel people if he chose by wearing to class a short-sleeved shirt that revealed the scar tissue on his stump.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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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
"In a dusty plasma, we described how a leading particle attracts the trailing particle, but the trailing particle always repels the leading one," Nemenman explains.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
In the northern Danish city of Aalborg, the firm MyDefence makes equipment that jams and repels drones.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025
“Goblin-made armor does not require cleaning, simple girl. Goblins’ silver repels mundane dirt, imbibing only that which strengthens it.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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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 22, 2026
Cokayne's brave turnover, clamping down in the shadow of her own posts, repelled that attack.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Kuwait's military said it repelled a dawn drone attack.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
That offensive was repelled by forces from France, which has since left the Sahel country.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Sam’s deerskin jacket repelled water like a nor’easter coat.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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Since relations with the U.S. have deteriorated, the Cuban government has stepped up what it calls national days of defense to practice repelling invaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
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
For the second, he stood tall and refused to give himself away when Chemsdine Talbi bore down on him, repelling the Morocco international with his legs.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
The scene which met mv eyes was at once compelling and repelling.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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