Word: repell
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...group A antigens. Arrayed along the surface of cells, these molecules help identify foreign invaders such as viruses. Plummer's preliminary research suggests that the HIV-free women have HLAs markedly different from the more typical ones found in Nairobi's other prostitutes. Exactly how these unusual HLAs can repel HIV is a mystery. Other experts are cautious about drawing any conclusions until Plummer's team completes and publishes its research...
...huge billboard, Jay Leno's battering-ram jaw juts out over Broadway. AMERICA IS STANDING UP FOR JAY, the sign says. Maybe NBC hopes the nation's insomniacs will take a loyalty oath to keep watching the Tonight Show, and repel alien threats from David Letterman on CBS and Chevy Chase on Fox. So who's standing up for these guys? Bosnia...
...being force-fed pepper until they died. The builders of Egypt's pyramids were paid off in onions. The Roman scholar Pliny was startled by the high retail prices of the Eternal City -- "Have times really changed?" the author asks -- and believed that the odor of garlic would repel scorpions...
...body was pulled from the river after an extraordinary rescue attempt by Cambridge firefighters Brian O'Regan and Greg Carter. The two used ropes to repel from the Mass. Ave. bridge to the ice 25 feet below...
Local and state agencies place social services and affordable housing in low income neighborhoods which can both attract more low income families and repel wealthier households from an area...