as in to ignore
to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of
students who disobey their teachers and use cell phones in class drivers who consistently disobey traffic laws
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Recent Examples of disobey
Yet videos circulating on social media suggest that some police and military units may already be disobeying orders to repress the mass protests across the country.
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Alex González Ormerod, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024
But Sue, having taken over Elisabeth’s now-available TV job and savoring her own drive to stardom, disobeys the program, leaving her creator comatose on the floor of a closet.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
The trailer opens with a tension-building conversation between Barden’s José and son Lyle, portrayed by Nicholas Chavez, where José compares his son to a disobeying dog.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
Court records also show Jeter disobeyed stipulations of a prior court order related to those charges.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2024
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Alex González Ormerod, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024
But Sue, having taken over Elisabeth’s now-available TV job and savoring her own drive to stardom, disobeys the program, leaving her creator comatose on the floor of a closet.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
The trailer opens with a tension-building conversation between Barden’s José and son Lyle, portrayed by Nicholas Chavez, where José compares his son to a disobeying dog.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
Court records also show Jeter disobeyed stipulations of a prior court order related to those charges.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disobey
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Kimberly Clausing, a former Treasury Department official in the Biden administration and a UCLA professor of tax law, said the GOP will probably overestimate the revenue from tariffs and ignore the negative economic impact of the duties.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Speaking with SiriusXM, Gramm lamented that Foreigner’s request to have its original members perform a medley of greatest hits was ignored — instead, younger artists Kelly Clarkson and Demi Lovato, as well as friend of the group Sammy Hagar, were chosen to perform on their behalf.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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James Nagle, a former Army contracting official and practicing attorney who specializes in the federal contracting process, went even further, saying that the White House Offer potentially violated existing law.Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
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The lawsuit claims that Chipotle’s failure to disclose these issues and their financial implications misled shareholders, potentially violating securities laws.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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And Cruise is once again defying death as Ethan Hunt.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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In the end, this ski defied all of our expectations to claim the top spot in the 2025 powder ski category.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Congress, however, resisted, and the proposal never became law.Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Of those, 590 were charged with assaulting, resisting, impeding or obstructing law enforcement officers, and 645 have been sentenced to some period of incarceration, the department said.Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, some critics on social media mocked her even further for boasting about shooting 39%.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Senior Biden aide mocks Trump team for 'taking credit' for ceasefire President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, has mocked Donald Trump's incoming administration for trying to take credit for the Israel ceasefire with Lebanon.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Across the country there are 28 additional federal court vacancies for which Biden never named a nominee, most of them in red states whose senators probably would have opposed his picks.Tobi Raji The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Gaetz could only have afforded three GOP defections assuming all Democrats in the upper chamber opposed his nomination, and several GOP senators had signaled their discomfort with the pick.Ian Swanson, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Disobey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disobey. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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