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She believes that if all the signs point to a partner-less destiny anyway, then she may as well flout the dictates of her mother and the marriage mart.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

“More broadly, this is about how FIFA’s absurd governance structure has allowed Gianni Infantino to openly flout the organization’s rules.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Drivers who flout the rules can be fined $490, according to Caltrans, the body that operates the state's freeways.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

"There's plenty of leeway to bend the rules strategically, to flout the rules for a while and get marketing clout," he adds.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

“Why should decent-minded citizens like layabouts who pay nothing to the state and flout every planning regulation in the book?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

It flouts the single most important rule of investing, which is to make sure you are diversified; at least 60% U.S. stocks and 40% international stocks would be better.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025

The second, equally obvious problem with the state’s argument is that it flouts the rules for holding a statute unconstitutional.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024

A publication that flouts those rules risks being held “in contempt of court,” which can be punished with a fine or prison sentence.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2024

In the lawsuit, however, the executives accused Mr Musk of turning the company into an entity that flouts the law and does not pay its debts.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024

Keegan’s problem is that he flouts another principle of coherence in writing, the last one we will visit in this chapter.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

He flouted art-school rules and declined to hide his homosexuality in an era when many did.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

In recent years, however, the company has repeatedly flouted regulators and the legal process.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

North Korea is subject to multiple United Nations sanctions banning its nuclear weapons development and use of ballistic missile technology, restrictions it has repeatedly flouted.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

However, the separate entities are not allowed to communicate, a rule that is routinely flouted.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

There were rules that had to be followed, and people didn’t take it kindly when you flouted them.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

If yes, the flouting of the law should be noted and the relief should be halted until the review is done.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Several commissioners said they were troubled by the continued instances of officers flouting the department’s rules on the use of body cameras, and asked for a report back about whether the problem is more widespread.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Chinese officials are so afraid of flouting the rules that one state-owned booze company skipped serving alcohol at a conference last year, according to media reports and a person who attended.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

But speaking to CBS programme Face the Nation on Sunday, Massie suggested that the justice department was "flouting the spirit and the letter of the law".

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

“He would have rid that horse, too,” pa says, “if I hadn’t a stopped him. A durn spotted critter wilder than a cattymount. A deliberate flouting of her and of me.”

From "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner