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repel

[ri-pel] / rɪˈpɛl /




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Appeared in the February 10, 2026, print edition as 'Olympia’s Plan to Repel Startups'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Markk is known for keeping sneakerheads’ kicks shiny and new with his trademark cleaning solution, but I’d say his Repel deserves even more praise.

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2018

Consumer Reports recently tested several so-called natural spray repellents and recommended at least one, Repel Lemon Eucalyptus.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2017

Medina sprayed herself with sunblock and slid a bottle of Repel 100 for mosquitoes into the pocket of her green uniform before getting into her SUV.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2016

They are the consequences of the fact that man has been "startled up"271 "by an Infinite Discovered above and below me—height And depth alike to attract my flight, "Repel my descent: by hate taught love.

From Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher by Jones, Henry, Sir




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