flout

Don’t force them to flout congressional intent or endanger lives in doing so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

“We’re not trying to flout the orders of the court.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

She believes that if all the signs point to a partner-less destiny anyway, then she may as well flout the dictates of her mother and the marriage mart.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Riders who flout rules are warned and sometimes fined, they say, with repeat offenders banned.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

Sean’s policy is to flout all applicable rules and regulations. arctic.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

It flouts the single most important rule of investing, which is to make sure you are diversified; at least 60% U.S. stocks and 40% international stocks would be better.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025

The second, equally obvious problem with the state’s argument is that it flouts the rules for holding a statute unconstitutional.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024

She transcends her humble roots, entrances the King and flouts 18th-century Versailles protocol.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

In the lawsuit, however, the executives accused Mr Musk of turning the company into an entity that flouts the law and does not pay its debts.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024

Keegan’s problem is that he flouts another principle of coherence in writing, the last one we will visit in this chapter.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Her bosses contended the message flouted Hijazi’s request.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

He has highlighted a site at the end of Newlands Road, Wickford, that has flouted planning laws for years.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

In recent years, however, the company has repeatedly flouted regulators and the legal process.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

North Korea is subject to multiple United Nations sanctions banning its nuclear weapons development and use of ballistic missile technology, restrictions it has repeatedly flouted.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

“You have all of you flouted me. Always.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

If yes, the flouting of the law should be noted and the relief should be halted until the review is done.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

They said the focus likely will be on companies hyping AI businesses without having actual technology advantages, using overseas operations to skirt domestic regulations, or flouting Beijing’s orders against price wars.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

But John Mussington, the chairperson of Barbuda Council, the local authority, argues that this "community" was only made possible by flouting the 2007 Land Act.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

The same could even be extended to Bieber’s set, whose lo-fi flouting of traditional Coachella spectacle seemed to play with that tension directly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

Because the Nazis were the ones who made us have rations to begin with, and if I flout their system, then I am also flouting them.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse