fly in the face of
Example Sentences
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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
The bumper financial figures fly in the face of grumblings over the current economic backdrop, tough business environment, and household cutbacks on the types of big, one-off purchases Roberts' firm sells.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
Alexis Hoag-Fordjour, a Brooklyn Law School professor who specializes in capital punishment argued that, given the defendants' differing sentences, an outcome where Glossip is executed "would fly in the face" of justice.
From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024
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
You 231 must understand that you cannot fly in the face of a member of the faculty and hope to gain by such an act.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline
