flagrant
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Doncic grabbed at his ankle immediately after he landed and Lakers staff members tended to him while Kuzma’s closeout was challenged for a potential flagrant foul.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
"Strangers, who had no direct involvement in their care, probed their most sensitive and personal information in a flagrant abuse of power," the authors wrote.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
“I am deeply disappointed by the flagrant violations of our rules and by the Clippers’ institutional and leadership failures that led to this misconduct,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Damascus said one person was wounded in the strike, which it called a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Major Major’s elders disliked him because he was such a flagrant nonconformist Since he had nothing better to do well in, he did well in school.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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