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Then his adopted son, Jesus, and daughter-in-law run afoul of the feds and Easy must also figure out a way to save them from a certain prison sentence.

"Not only does the strike appear to have violated the prohibition on the use of force, it also runs afoul of the right to life under international human rights law."

From BBC

“We will do that without running afoul of the First Amendment,” Bondi said on Monday.

From Salon

Indeed, it runs afoul of the entire basis of both political science and economic decision-making: the rational choice model of human behavior, whereby people are assumed to understand their own material interests.

From Salon

According to internal records reviewed by the Washington Post, NPS employees were directed to report items that might run afoul of new regulations for review by last week.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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