fly in the face of
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Results on the road fly in the face of Everton's struggles at the Hill Dickinson this season, although Moyes' approach is simply better suited to playing away from home.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
That move “seemed to fly in the face of market forecasts” but hasn’t, as of yet, led to a “collapse” in oil prices, he said.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 28, 2025
As for literally decades’ worth of decisions, both from the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that fly in the face of his argument?
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2023
It makes no difference whether their beliefs fly in the face of scientific evidence or even common sense.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023
If the king will impose upon a man what he cannot do, he must acquiesce; but shall he come and fly in the face of his prince?
From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Parker, Theodore
