flagrant

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Team owners on Tuesday approved a related measure allowing league headquarters to intervene on potential disqualifications for flagrant football or non-football acts, even if they aren’t called on the field.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

“Even in the face of this flagrant aggression, the security situation in the UAE remains stable and under control,” a U.A.E. official said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Under league rules, once a player has been suspended for accruing more than five flagrant foul points, he will be suspended for any further flagrant foul.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

In one, a senior figure expresses directly to Russian delegates "serious concerns" about the country's "wilful misuse" of Interpol systems, stating that there were instances of "flagrant violations" of Interpol rules.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

“Is it the part of the police department to harass me when this city is a flagrant vice capital of the civilized world?”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole