insubordination
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We’re directed to work more efficiently with little direction as to what is allowed and what will be deemed insubordination by paranoid agency leadership teams.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025
Truman fired MacArthur for his insubordination, at some political risk.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2024
“Dancers have engaged in insubordination and egregious violations of the club’s rules, all aimed toward the end of shutting the business down,” the filing read.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024
Eventually he was given a formal charge of insubordination.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023
She knew she had overheard an account of serious insubordination to the King, yet in her heart she was glad that her uncle had known this small victory.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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