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repulsion

[ri-puhl-shuhn] / rɪˈpʌl ʃən /


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Or they could simply be arresting abstractions in a sculpture that sits aesthetically between formal attraction and repulsion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

At the time, watching these videos didn’t elicit nausea or repulsion in Jemima—they came across as amusing.

From Slate May 12, 2026

Polling data backs up this anecdotal display of repulsion towards racist violence.

From Salon Feb. 13, 2026

For Tinashe, the incongruity of being the kind of person who has their Zoom camera off a day after they sang about seduction, repulsion and red flags in front of thousands seems the entire point.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2024

Nothing like actual repulsion to start off on the right foot.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

We should understand, however, that the theory only considers electron- pair repulsions.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

We can also learn how to get over our repulsions.

From The Verge May 9, 2018

Mr. Hastings writes incisively about the attractions and repulsions of the new media gossip.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2014

Strong repulsions at pH values of 4 and 11 but not at pH 7 indicate that the neuraminidase-like domain acts as an electrostatic lock that opens at high or low pH values.

From Nature Apr. 4, 2014

He knows that there are no miracles in chemistry; that the attractions and repulsions, the loves and hatreds, of atoms are constant.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green




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