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flagrant

[flay-gruhnt] / ˈfleɪ grənt /


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Permitting selected claims to be heard there instead of in Finra’s cheaper forum—as the regulator’s questions for public comment contemplate—would hamper investors’ ability to recover big losses, especially from flagrant fraud or misconduct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The attack "constitutes a flagrant violation of maritime law and, more broadly, of the rules of navigation," Radev said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

There’s nothing more riveting on stage than the truth, and here we have human beings in all their flagrant, unadorned and seemingly irreconcilable complications.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Fans of the opposing Golden State Valkyries cheered Carrington’s return to Chase Center after the outrage over her Aug. 8 flagrant foul against Cunningham.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

“Two reasons. One, if you’re on my side, your flagrant plagiarism remains our dirty little secret. Two, I know what to do with that silhouette card you just found in the Hoosier Hospitality book.”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein


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