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Spending continues to defy expectations and consumers still demonstrate an ability to navigate higher inflation and interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

The sisters’ desire to defy expectations is most apparent in their jam-packed touring schedule.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Couples can still behave in ways that defy what the models suggest.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

It will certainly defy the odds and expectations, but I feel it might be just a very entertaining ride as Hull City try.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

“To do so would defy my obligation to them as their guardian.”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Yet they still ranked second overall in runs scored, a seemingly impossible combination that defies every piece of conventional wisdom about how baseball is supposed to work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Zoe Kazan’s Cathy, which closely hews to Steinbeck’s original vision, defies easy assumptions about a woman’s wants and needs.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

In Sophocles, Antigone, Oedipus’ headstrong daughter, defies the edict issued by her uncle Creon, the newly deputized king, declaring that her slain brother Polynices is an enemy of the state and therefore ineligible for burial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

“The stellar performance defies concerns that competition with Anthropic and OpenAI is intensifying for enterprise AI workflows,” DiPalma said of Palantir’s earnings beat.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

The genome-as-self-replicating-machine co-opts the physiology of a cell, resulting in a shape-shifting illness that, despite significant advances, still defies our ability to treat or cure it.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

BATH, Maine — Election after election, Republican Sen. Susan Collins has defied national political winds to return to office, representing a state that has backed Democrats in every presidential contest since 1992.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

Moscow issued a similar warning in May but heads of state and governments from countries backing Ukraine have defied it by travelling to the war-torn country and the capital in show of support.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Even if Johnson had defied a federal statute, they argued, it was merely to allow the Supreme Court to decide its constitutionality.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

Despite his start in life, Sam defied the odds to become a primary school teacher, inspired by one special woman who he said believed in him at his school in south Wales.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Holly will hate me forever, I can tell, both because I defied her authority as team leader and because I’ve had a chance, more than once now, to see her all tearful and scared.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

The US House of Representatives has agreed to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress for defying legal summons related to its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Manufacturing orders in Germany climbed again in July, another signal of the country’s tentative industrial recovery that is defying the impact of surging energy prices as the conflict in the Middle East persists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

"Well, you'd be defying gravity and logic if you said it wasn't a big problem," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

He’s a menace on stage in the best way possible, almost defying an audience to like him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

She had shared her husband’s idea of people defying their own destiny.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi