fly in the face of
Example Sentences
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That move “seemed to fly in the face of market forecasts” but hasn’t, as of yet, led to a “collapse” in oil prices, he said.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 28, 2025
The bumper financial figures fly in the face of grumblings over the current economic backdrop, tough business environment, and household cutbacks on the types of big, one-off purchases Roberts' firm sells.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
As for literally decades’ worth of decisions, both from the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that fly in the face of his argument?
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2023
It makes no difference whether their beliefs fly in the face of scientific evidence or even common sense.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023
Had it not been for the Navigation Acts there would not have been so many desperate persons in Virginia ready at any excuse to fly in the face of the Government.
From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
