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[dih-fahy, dee-] / dɪˈfaɪ, di- /


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Appeared in the October 8, 2025, print edition as 'Republican Hopes to Defy the Odds'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Viator is an associate professor of history, a curator for the Grammy Museum and the author of “To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2023

He was at a meeting in 2018 to discuss the future of his comedy video channel, Smosh, when he received an email saying that Defy Media was ceasing operations immediately.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2022

Then again, the futuristic Taco Bell Defy and its ilk—as well as these companies’ earnings reports—show us where Americans are going, or more precisely, how.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2022

You triumph!—do! and with gigantic pride Defy impending vengeance.

From Jane Shore A Tragedy by Rowe, Nicholas




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