afoul
Example Sentences
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Shortly afterward, the Treasury Department began reviewing whether the funding round ran afoul of rules banning investments in critical technologies for countries that pose national-security risks, the people said.
Dueñas, a 2019 ruling from the state’s appellate division that found imposing mandatory fines on indigent people ran afoul of the 8th Amendment, which prohibits excessive fines along with cruel and unusual punishment.
From Los Angeles Times
He had run afoul of the Federal Communications Commission’s regulations on broadcast content.
From Los Angeles Times
Ella lives in the “state,” she runs afoul of the “party,” but skirting these details feels too timid.
From Los Angeles Times
Chinese rare-earth magnet companies are finding workarounds to their government’s onerous export restrictions, as they seek to keep sales flowing to Western buyers without falling afoul of Chinese authorities.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
