flout

“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

He is among a growing number of migrant workers abandoned by shipowners, who flout their obligations and desert crews without paying the salaries owed.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 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

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

A publication that flouts those rules risks being held “in contempt of court,” which can be punished with a fine or prison sentence.

From New York Times ● May 16, 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

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

Conservationists also point to Dateline’s history operating the Colosseum Mine as a source of concern, saying the company flouted National Park Service rules and damaged the surrounding landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

Members of Congress and others called for him to be fired, saying he had endangered US military members and flouted protocols.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

As we shall see, many prescriptive rules originated for screwball reasons, impede clear and graceful prose, and have been flouted by the best writers for centuries.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Foreigners have been penalised for offensive acts at religious sites, forming exclusive tourist enclaves and flouting traffic laws.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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

The U.S. faced new enemies: regional autocratic powers pursuing weapons of mass destruction, sponsoring terrorism, abusing human rights, and flouting international law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

“He would have rid that horse, too,” pa says, “if I hadn’t a stopped him. A durn spotted critter wilder than a cattymount. A deliberate flouting of her and of me.”

From "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner