defy
Example Sentences
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Alan Shearer touched on the Emery factor as one reason Villa could yet defy his own belief they will not win the title.
From BBC
Governments have imposed sanctions on dozens of these entities, but new ones have popped up, defying efforts to disrupt the trade.
The misery now being inflicted on poor people crowded into cesspool camps from the Congo to Bangladesh defies description.
From Salon
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for a soft approach on those defying the country’s moral code for now.
Do you think Mexico’s exports will continue to defy expectations?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
