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However, both sides claim to have repelled attacks against their forces and it appears that neither side has advanced significantly.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2023

"We have repelled them all," added the commander, who identifies himself as Ichkerian, using the historic name for Russia's southern region of Chechnya where he fought in two wars.

From Reuters • Mar. 15, 2023

But it was the highly publicized behavior of some of the convention’s members that might have repelled Chileans even more.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2022

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said that troops have repelled more than a dozen attacks in Donetsk and Luhansk over the past 24 hours.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2022

In truth, it is difficult to see why Pitt, who held out the olive-branch to the newly-established Directory in the autumn of 1795, should have repelled the proffered hand of Bonaparte.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland