break rules
Example Sentences
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“They then like to break rules because, if you break the rules, you get drama, you get jeopardy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The second line was that banning A.I. would just enforce our actual policies, because A.I. already tends to break rules.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
Professor Clarke and his team looked at how these particles appeared to break rules like travelling through energy barriers that conventional physics said was impossible - something called "tunnelling".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
The June 27 debate, and a later yet to be scheduled match-up, will feature mechanisms to ensure that neither candidate can break rules like speaking over their time, and notably no live audience.
From Salon ● May 15, 2024
But Meadowlark can afford to knit bad hats and break rules.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
