disobey
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He and his representatives are now threatening Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Iran and Greenland, with Venezuela serving as an object lesson of what may happen if a country dares to disobey his wishes.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2026
“You can’t put on the screen that it’s right for a young girl to disobey her father,” Nava recalled Quintanilla saying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025
I was also briefed multiple times on my duty to disobey unlawful orders.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2025
The law is clear that service members can disobey illegal orders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
No one dared to disobey him, even though half an hour later he had forgotten his previous foolhardy notions and wandered off to hunt worms.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
She goes against his precepts and disobeys his orders — they appear as onscreen italic titles — and he gets stroppy, as a father would.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
Black hair disobeys temporality as surely as it does gravity ...
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2022
As events inevitably spiral and Tamar repeatedly dodges or disobeys orders to exfiltrate herself and Milad, credibility and plot contrivance do a wild dance.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2022
While each service has developed its own process, all are following existing rules for when a service member disobeys a lawful order.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
Call her name, I tell my mouth, but it, too, disobeys.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
Anyone who disobeyed decorum "might have some legal issues of your own," the officer warned.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
"Irancell disobeyed the orders of the decision-making institutions in implementing the announced policies regarding the restriction of internet access in crisis situations," the agency said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026
She disobeyed the order, explaining that because of what was happening in Los Angeles, “I just felt like I needed to do it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
The administration disobeyed that completely, and Boasberg has been understandably upset, which only got worse as he asked for more information and was repeatedly rebuffed.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2025
Mama murmured her good days, but Dedd gave the chauffeur the imperious look of a mistress whose servant has disobeyed her wishes.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Back when Hal was still a novelty to the public, we see 10-year-old John disobeying his father’s TV ban to watch the hero’s first-ever interview on “60 Minutes.”
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Separating from the military takes months, and will almost certainly be complicated by a red flag in one’s record for disobeying orders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Last month fines went up ten-fold for blocking the road or disobeying the police and Tamar Oniani says in one day alone they received 150 calls from protesters who had been fined.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2025
Alawieh’s lawyers accused the government of “willfully” disobeying the court’s order, prompting Sorokin to demand an explanation.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2025
It gave him a sad feeling in the stomach to think of disobeying his wife.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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