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Shotwell, according to the New York Times, also asked staff involved with the letter to stop “flooding” company communication channels and said she would consider ignoring her email to be insubordination.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

He attacked the qualifications of her replacement and told him he wasn’t welcome in a way that could only indicate insubordination.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Attorney’s Office for operating illegally and took the rare step of throwing a prosecutor out of his courtroom for insubordination, according to a transcript obtained by the New York Times.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2026

The agent was suspended for insubordination, according to the BBC's news partner CBS, after the agent found the plan to be inappropriate.

From BBC Oct. 4, 2025

The Sicilian advanced on the Spaniard now, his wild eyes glittering at the insubordination.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Many of the foreign officers spoke little, if any, English, and mutual jealousies and insubordinations soon manifested themselves in the little band.

From History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time by Maturin Murray Ballou

She saw peeping and smiling at the edge of the door a neighbor's face, that encouraged her insubordinations.

From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

I shall report the whole of your insubordinations in a properly written-out despatch.

From In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" by George Manville Fenn




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