revulsion
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“The Fourth Amendment was born of the Founders’ revulsion for general warrants and writs of assistance—instruments that allowed the government to search first and develop suspicions later,” Mr. Chatrie says in his brief.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Several ads trafficked in revulsion as an attention-getter, none more so than this one for a body shaver featuring various clumps of removed body hair singing with their little hairy mouths.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026
They were placed on remand until December 24 pending further investigations into the incident, which sparked widespread revulsion after the footage was shared on social media.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
But public revulsion at their attack appears to have forced the criminals to backtrack.
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025
He did not like fighting to start with, and far from learning to love it, as some men do, he felt an increasing revulsion for violence.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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