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Recent Examples of repulsion For atomic nuclei to fuse, the nuclei must overcome their natural electrostatic repulsion. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct. 2024 The Ukrainian protesters’ primary motives were not nationalist grievances or democratic yearnings but popular repulsion at the unconstrained, arbitrary, and corrupt power of an absolutist sovereign and his retinue. Serhiy Kudelia, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2014 These often-intricate performances of attraction and repulsion—in which pincers and antennae play prominent roles—can last hours, and the mating itself as long as 20 hours, at least for one Papua New Guinea species, Tagalina papua. Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024 But whether your takeaway is repulsion or affection or newfound understanding or the desire to seek out an Instagram-free existence in the wilderness, Social Studies will stick with you. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for repulsion
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Noun
  • Take his infamous moment of chopping down his golf bag in disgust at TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Within the first half hour of a record-breaking 100-minute speech, Democratic lawmakers began to stream out of the chamber in disgust with Trump’s constant blaming of former President Joe Biden for all that came before.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Democrats, blinded by their hatred of him, have ignored this.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Debra Messing, who has produced a new documentary on (horseshoe-theory) antisemitism called October 8, has been one of Hollywood’s few intensely admirable exceptions, calling out anti-Jewish hatred with a fierce constancy over the past 16 months.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Comments John Malkovich, in a very John Malkovich role, plays a twisted pop star in Opus, A24’s incisive horror film about the cult of toxic fandom.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • While not explicitly a horror film, Opus utilizes staples of the genre.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Constipation, nausea and stomach pain are also listed as other possible side effects.
    Karen Fratti, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • These often take the form of enteric viruses, which primarily affect the gastrointestinal tract and can cause symptoms like diarrhea and nausea.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Schumer is balancing his deep distaste for a shutdown against external pressure from the grassroots and Democratic voters to do more to stand up to President Trump.
    Justin Green, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Analysts at Bank of America’s wrote in a report on Monday that Tesla’s new vehicle sales plummeted about 50% in Europe in January from a year earlier, partly owing to growing distaste for the brand.
    Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Repulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repulsion. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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