flouted

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Conservationists also point to Dateline’s history operating the Colosseum Mine as a source of concern, saying the company flouted National Park Service rules and damaged the surrounding landscape.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Members of Congress and others called for him to be fired, saying he had endangered US military members and flouted protocols.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

As the head of Japan’s Kwantung army in Manchuria, he flouted orders from Tokyo and maneuvered the government into an aggressive foreign policy that culminated in all-out war with China in 1937.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

So judges keep ordering ICE to release detainees—orders the agency has repeatedly flouted, prompting scathing judicial rebukes around the country.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2026

Some PAC prisoners, who often flouted the rules simply for the sake of doing so, spent a great deal of time in isolation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela