repel
Example Sentences
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It’s meant to contrast with the walls designed to repel refugees.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Backing Carroll is a way to repel the efforts to silence women who have a story to tell.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
The limonene changes the algae's surface properties, making it repel water.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
No longer could the Politburo rely on centuries-old doctrine of strategic withdrawal from the periphery to the interior, seeking better ground from which to repel an invader.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
That is why Miss Charlotte Mortimer had sent the herbal poultice; at Swanburne her headmistress used to apply it to Penelope’s head every six weeks or so to maintain scalp health and repel lice.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing repel
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