Example Sentences
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"Debris has been reported in the area of the port of Vysotsk," Drozdenko said on social media early Saturday, while saying the "attack was still being repelled."
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
They were briefly repelled by a security guard, who, along with two other victims in the parking lot, alerted people at the center and police to the attack, saving lives.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
“The country seems to have become somewhat frozen in time after the liberation,” said Edward “Skip” Gnehm Jr., who was U.S. ambassador when the invasion was repelled and continued to visit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
That offensive was repelled by forces from France, which has since left the Sahel country.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
“After a forty-seven-day standoff. Also a Negro division of mounted trike commandos apparently repelled a Confederate attack at a supply station called Milliken’s Bend.”
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
