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Seizing church property and applying other religious changes later provoked defiance, and Louis’s flight to Varennes with his family in 1791 polarized France.

Joy Chen, the executive director of the network, said that sentiment has shifted from defiance to despair.

The move comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow had successfully tested a nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered underwater drone, in defiance of Washington's warnings.

When I asked Queen Rania if she believed a lasting peace was possible, she said hope for this was not naive, but a form of defiance.

In the midst of an acrimonious and widely publicised custody battle for their two young boys, the Princess of Pop said she acted out in defiance and wanted to give the press "some material".