repel
Example Sentences
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Backing Carroll is a way to repel the efforts to silence women who have a story to tell.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
U.S. special forces have been training Mexican military teams to repel attacks at stadiums.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
This causes them to repel each other and prevents them from being captured easily during filtration.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
Politicians in Michigan and Illinois are pushing for help to build barriers and blast annoying sounds to repel the fish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Dread filled Harry: To repel dementors they would have to produce Patronuses, which would give them away immediately.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing repel
Electricity and Magnetism - Introductory
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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