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“I felt,” Whitman later wrote, “the clear and unmistakable conviction to disobey all, and pursue my own way.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“The constitutional protections in our military structures depend on the idea that there are humans who would, we hope, disobey illegal orders.”

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026

In the meantime, here’s one last, basic fact that appears to be misunderstood: The First Amendment doesn’t give journalists a right to disobey laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 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

Miss Mortimer spoke in that stern headmistress tone that no Swanburne girl had ever found the will to disobey.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

“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

“They see protesters as criminals because if someone disobeys or protests the military, they are criminal,” Captain Tun Myat Aung said.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2021

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

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

She knew the only way they could be together is if she disobeyed her father, but in a sense, it would be healing the whole family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025

“You were better behaved. You never disobeyed your tutors. Oh, my poor Hollin. When I am dead, you’ll care for him, won’t you?”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

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

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

Our purpose is simply to provide all readers insight into the laws and procedures associated with military orders and the challenges involved in identifying, questioning, and disobeying orders that are unlawful.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025

The developer filed suit against No Canyon Hills on Dec. 10, accusing group members of sneaking onto the property and secretly installing cameras and other surveillance equipment, disobeying posted “No Trespassing” signs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024

If I help him, I could end up riding the pine this season, and if I don’t help Boy21 acclimate to Bellmont, I’d be disobeying Coach for the first time in my life.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick