afoul
Example Sentences
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George Simon, in his biography of the bandleader, reports that Miller ran afoul of a highly conservative senior officer who railed against the “newfangled sounds” that Miller’s men were producing.
Heavy use of electricity from diesel generators could raise concerns about the carbon emissions associated with that power in certain states or run afoul of Environmental Protection Agency rules.
Old Hunter, an ex-police detective now working in private security, disturbs Chen’s depressive apathy with a request that he help find a man called X, a former philosophy professor who ran afoul of authorities.
Farbiarz last June issued a preliminary ruling blocking the government from using the foreign-policy ground, saying it was likely too vague for someone to know how to avoid running afoul of it.
Shortly afterward, the Treasury Department began reviewing whether the funding round ran afoul of rules banning investments in critical technologies for countries that pose national-security risks, the people said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
