in defiance of
Example Sentences
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“While the government withheld funding in defiance of its obligations, children were left to face deportation proceedings alone, and some potentially returned to the very abuse, persecution, and danger they fled,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Decades after triggering a rift with the Vatican by consecrating bishops in 1988, the Society of Saint Pius X is doing it again on Wednesday in defiance of Pope Leo XIV.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Chiarella takes time between bouts of danger to show affection and intimacy that, in defiance of teen-slasher formula, isn’t immediately penalized with sadism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
These had been snuck into the stadium in defiance of signs outside which said only Iran's current official flag could be displayed.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
We go out into the hallway and walk—an old-fashioned promenade, arm in arm, in defiance of the no-physical-contact rule.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
