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repugnance

[ri-puhg-nuhns] / rɪˈpʌg nəns /


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Senate, has managed, however unintentionally, to make moral repugnance his chief point of salability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Her Coachella set stared down repugnance and pushed against it, radiating so brightly it consumed the darkness, if only for a night.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

You regard that history with repugnance, and no doubt your friends would say they share that sentiment.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2021

Some combination of awe and repugnance and confusion that she’s spent so many of her obviously prodigious talents spinning stories for men who need their stories spun.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2020

How we giggled, with repugnance and delight, when we found the wax her older sisters used on their legs, congealed in a little pot, stuck full of bristles.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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