disobey

In lieu of suspensions, administrators invite offenders to reflect in a soothing place on the feelings and trauma that led them, say, to hit another student or disobey a teacher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

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

“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

The luckiest thing he had ever done was to disobey his mother and show this cup to Cilia last July.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Black hair disobeys temporality as surely as it does gravity ...

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2022

She disobeys her grandfather’s warnings by befriending the white brother and sister across the street, and a complex relationship forms as she both envies and emulates their freedom.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 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

It is the court that will sanction a witness for contempt if he or she disobeys a subpoena without adequate excuse, not the prosecutor.

From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2018

Call her name, I tell my mouth, but it, too, disobeys.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

"If I had disobeyed my mother and gone to New York, what might have happened to me?" asks Gláucia Fekete.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

Murphy, who sits in Massachusetts, did not merely rule against the policy; he also documented the many ways that government officials lied, stonewalled, and disobeyed court orders throughout the litigation.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 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

The recalls were issued because the system was programmed to run stop signs at slow speeds and because the system disobeyed other traffic laws.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024

He was generous to those who served him well—merciless to those who fell short, or disobeyed.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

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

Or even if it were an order, would he be disobeying it by eating an apple?

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis