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People say that experimental peptide injections have helped them reduce inflammation, build muscle and defy aging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Spending continues to defy expectations and consumers still demonstrate an ability to navigate higher inflation and interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

The sisters’ desire to defy expectations is most apparent in their jam-packed touring schedule.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The repeated blackouts have prompted rare protests in Cuba, where unauthorised demonstrations are illegal and those who defy the ban risk being jailed.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

What a strange world it was when a girl who wanted to go to school had to defy militants with machine guns—as well as her own family.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

Zoe Kazan’s Cathy, which closely hews to Steinbeck’s original vision, defies easy assumptions about a woman’s wants and needs.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

“The stellar performance defies concerns that competition with Anthropic and OpenAI is intensifying for enterprise AI workflows,” DiPalma said of Palantir’s earnings beat.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

So singular that it all but defies any kind of tea-leaf-reading or, heaven forbid, attempts at replication.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Bouaddi controls matches in a manner which defies his tender age, impressing in Morocco's opening draw with Brazil where he outshone Casemiro and Bruno Guimaraes.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

A starving Greek community defies Nazi soldiers by hanging out thousands of forbidden national flags.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

BATH, Maine — Election after election, Republican Sen. Susan Collins has defied national political winds to return to office, representing a state that has backed Democrats in every presidential contest since 1992.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 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

Robust quarterly earnings growth and a joint-venture deal with AI model maker Anthropic defied predictions of the “SaaSpocalypse,” the idea that versatile AI agents would render software-as-a-service companies such as Salesforce redundant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

German growth rose faster than previously estimated in the second quarter thanks to strong exports, official data showed Tuesday, as Europe's biggest economy defied the turmoil unleashed by the Iran war.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

My hand flapped and Mum’s mouth went round like an O. ‘He defied the law of gravity, Mum. He went up but he didn’t come down. Which means Newton got it wrong. Hrumm.’

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

Official figures showed the economy expanded by 0.1% in the month, defying analysts' expectations of a slight contraction.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The U.S. economy keeps powering through inflation, tariffs and higher borrowing costs, defying a run-up in Treasury yields and a Fed rate increase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

"By refusing to testify today, Leon Black is now defying two Congressional subpoenas," Robert Garcia, who sits on the committee, said in a statement after Black failed to appear.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

"Well, you'd be defying gravity and logic if you said it wasn't a big problem," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

At the last second, I swerved away, defying death and tempting the serpent.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck