flouted

Example Sentences

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Federal immigration officials had once again flouted his authority by keeping a man locked up in a California City detention center after Nunley ordered him released.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 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

Transport accidents are common in Indonesia, a vast Southeast Asian archipelago where vehicles are often old and poorly maintained and road rules regularly flouted.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

The Washington boys didn’t think much of the class business, though, and they flouted it.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown