disobey
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But U.S. military law also requires them to disobey “unlawful orders.”
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
“The constitutional protections in our military structures depend on the idea that there are humans who would, we hope, disobey illegal orders. With fully autonomous weapons we don’t necessarily have those protections.”
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026
Navy captain, for participating in a video calling on troops to disobey illegal orders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
“You can’t put on the screen that it’s right for a young girl to disobey her father,” Nava recalled Quintanilla saying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025
I push myself up, too exhausted to disobey.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
“When he disobeys the rules and gets called out, he goes, ‘Well those moral rules are unjust.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2025
Black hair disobeys temporality as surely as it does gravity ...
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2022
While each service has developed its own process, all are following existing rules for when a service member disobeys a lawful order.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
“The few times she disobeys him are her only chances at adventure, filling Ana with a mix of relief, terror and pride.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019
Call her name, I tell my mouth, but it, too, disobeys.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
Anyone who disobeyed decorum "might have some legal issues of your own," the officer warned.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
"Irancell disobeyed the orders of the decision-making institutions in implementing the announced policies regarding the restriction of internet access in crisis situations," the agency said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026
She disobeyed the order, explaining that because of what was happening in Los Angeles, “I just felt like I needed to do it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
The administration disobeyed that completely, and Boasberg has been understandably upset, which only got worse as he asked for more information and was repeatedly rebuffed.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2025
Cole remembered once when he had disobeyed his father and come home late.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
Back when Hal was still a novelty to the public, we see 10-year-old John disobeying his father’s TV ban to watch the hero’s first-ever interview on “60 Minutes.”
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
A copy of the order seen by the BBC says that disobeying it could lead to imprisonment, fines or assets being seized.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
Separating from the military takes months, and will almost certainly be complicated by a red flag in one’s record for disobeying orders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
“We believe, however, that given the high societal importance of this topic, it was crucial to conduct a study of this kind, even if it meant disobeying the rules.”
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2025
As he pressed the newspapers deeper into the garbage pail, Eliot felt that he and Mrs. Sen were disobeying some unspoken rule.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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