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Politicians in red states propose repulsive names for their immigration detention facility — “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida, for instance, or “Speedway Slammer” in Indiana.

I snapped my feet from all angles, each photo more repulsive than the last.

From Salon

However, she can only eat small cherry tomatoes because she finds the big ones, with their slimy, jelly-like interior, repulsive - something plenty of neurodivergent people will agree with.

From BBC

Nothing, I say, is like some weird, repulsive thing.

Discussions of Fox’s likability are also moot: He’s repulsive and unreliable, a monster.

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