disobedient
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But as a disobedient teenager he ignored her and stepped out on the street again.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
“I promise to continue to be disobedient so you can belong to a world in all your complete wildness as a young woman.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
For example, diaries about personal lives, new puppies, disobedient grandchildren.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2024
From March onward, “instead of dividing into small groups and blocking roads, we will hold disobedient gatherings with many people. And where we cannot be ignored,” the group said in a statement.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
It fell, in waves and curls and disobedient frizzy wisps—soft on the inside, coarser on the outside—to just below where her small, strong waist began its curve out towards her hips.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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Power Prefix: dis-
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