defied
Example Sentences
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One senior Tory says "she has actually defied cynics like me" who initially disapproved of her leadership.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Moscow issued a similar warning in May but heads of state and governments from countries backing Ukraine have defied it by travelling to the war-torn country and the capital in show of support.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Even if Johnson had defied a federal statute, they argued, it was merely to allow the Supreme Court to decide its constitutionality.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
North Korea has for decades defied some of the harshest sanctions in the world aimed at forcing its leaders to give up its nuclear and long-range missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Maybe the elven-hoods defied his unseen eyes, and the mind of his small enemy, being strengthened, had turned aside his thought.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
