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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

Yet some Hong Kong entities play an instrumental role in efforts to flout restrictions, according to a new report by the China Strategic Risks Institute, a London-based think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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

He is among a growing number of migrant workers abandoned by shipowners, who flout their obligations and desert crews without paying the salaries owed.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

Where is your shelter if some stiff gale blows up from south or west— 370 the winds that break up shipping every time when seamen flout the lord gods’ will?

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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

While leading the commission from 2017 to 2020, he advocated for individual investors and cracked down on the public sale of cryptocurrencies, which he had said flouted investor protections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Sentencing, Judge Huw Rees said these examinations should have been performed by qualified doctors and Eburne flouted the rules in a "brazen" manner.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 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 26, 2026

I had flouted the king’s laws all my life.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

They said the focus likely will be on companies hyping AI businesses without having actual technology advantages, using overseas operations to skirt domestic regulations, or flouting Beijing’s orders against price wars.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

But John Mussington, the chairperson of Barbuda Council, the local authority, argues that this "community" was only made possible by flouting the 2007 Land Act.

From BBC ● May 20, 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

Some of the few ships that are traversing the Strait of Hormuz are part of the so-called shadow fleet of vessels flouting sanctions on oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Because the Nazis were the ones who made us have rations to begin with, and if I flout their system, then I am also flouting them.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse