In 1982 Argentina's military invaded the Falklands but was repulsed by a British task force.

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My favorite fermented challenge, because I'm a cheese lover but am mortally repulsed by worms, is casu marzu.

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He was repulsed by his surroundings, barely able to keep his lunch down.

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Question is, says Annis, why does matter end up being repulsed by nothing?

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Olivier is initially repulsed by America but falls in love with a saucy American woman, and hence with the country.

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But as the book progresses, the bewildered boy who started out afraid of and repulsed by most of his fellow slaves begins to empathize with and champion them.

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Both were repulsed by the idea and both initially refused.

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Syria's state-run media said that government troops in Aleppo had repulsed attacks by rebel forces near the airport on Friday.

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An attack on the town's southern flank had been repulsed after the SPLA, backed by UN armoured personnel carriers, had fired at the Lou Nuer, she said.

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