disobey

But U.S. military law also requires them to disobey “unlawful orders.”

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

Navy captain, for participating in a video calling on troops to disobey illegal orders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

He and his representatives are now threatening Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Iran and Greenland, with Venezuela serving as an object lesson of what may happen if a country dares to disobey his wishes.

From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2026

“You can’t put on the screen that it’s right for a young girl to disobey her father,” Nava recalled Quintanilla saying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025

Tyson looked at me with fear in his one big eye, but I knew I couldn’t disobey a direct order from the camp directors.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

Black hair disobeys temporality as surely as it does gravity ...

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2022

As events inevitably spiral and Tamar repeatedly dodges or disobeys orders to exfiltrate herself and Milad, credibility and plot contrivance do a wild dance.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2022

While each service has developed its own process, all are following existing rules for when a service member disobeys a lawful order.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

The titular character, a young sea monster, disobeys his parents and ventures above the surface, where he forms a close relationship with fellow sea monster Alberto.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2021

Call her name, I tell my mouth, but it, too, disobeys.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

"If I had disobeyed my mother and gone to New York, what might have happened to me?" asks Gláucia Fekete.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

Murphy, who sits in Massachusetts, did not merely rule against the policy; he also documented the many ways that government officials lied, stonewalled, and disobeyed court orders throughout the litigation.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026

"Irancell disobeyed the orders of the decision-making institutions in implementing the announced policies regarding the restriction of internet access in crisis situations," the agency said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

Herbert said his officers had no way of knowing if Bates was armed, adding that she had disobeyed officers’ orders to surrender.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

“You were better behaved. You never disobeyed your tutors. Oh, my poor Hollin. When I am dead, you’ll care for him, won’t you?”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

At one point in the 1980s, bishops from the Society were excommunicated for disobeying Rome, but that decision was later reversed.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Separating from the military takes months, and will almost certainly be complicated by a red flag in one’s record for disobeying orders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Alawieh’s lawyers accused the government of “willfully” disobeying the court’s order, prompting Sorokin to demand an explanation.

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2025

Prometheus found himself chained to the side of a Scythian mountain for disobeying the gods, who believed their strength depended on keeping people in dumb and servile awe.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025

Or he may have been afraid of the consequences for disobeying Rondon’s order.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple