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The State Bar would be tasked with disciplining lawyers that flout the rule.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

She believes that if all the signs point to a partner-less destiny anyway, then she may as well flout the dictates of her mother and the marriage mart.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Drivers who flout the rules can be fined $490, according to Caltrans, the body that operates the state's freeways.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

Coaches flout regulations against enticing student athletes to transfer to stack their teams with stars with little consequence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

“Oh, flout the boy!” cried the magician passionately.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

It flouts the single most important rule of investing, which is to make sure you are diversified; at least 60% U.S. stocks and 40% international stocks would be better.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025

Self-identification as Native American also flouts the sovereign right of tribes to determine rules for citizenship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025

The second, equally obvious problem with the state’s argument is that it flouts the rules for holding a statute unconstitutional.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024

She transcends her humble roots, entrances the King and flouts 18th-century Versailles protocol.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

Keegan’s problem is that he flouts another principle of coherence in writing, the last one we will visit in this chapter.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

He has highlighted a site at the end of Newlands Road, Wickford, that has flouted planning laws for years.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

He flouted art-school rules and declined to hide his homosexuality in an era when many did.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

In recent years, however, the company has repeatedly flouted regulators and the legal process.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

North Korea is subject to multiple United Nations sanctions banning its nuclear weapons development and use of ballistic missile technology, restrictions it has repeatedly flouted.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

There were rules that had to be followed, and people didn’t take it kindly when you flouted them.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

"Social media companies are clearly flouting Indian laws by not reporting child sexual abuse content to Indian law enforcement agencies as mandated by our child protection laws," said Ribhu.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Spider-Man spun a massive weekend for movie theaters, flouting superhero fatigue and giving a major boost to Hollywood’s summer box office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

They said the focus likely will be on companies hyping AI businesses without having actual technology advantages, using overseas operations to skirt domestic regulations, or flouting Beijing’s orders against price wars.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

But John Mussington, the chairperson of Barbuda Council, the local authority, argues that this "community" was only made possible by flouting the 2007 Land Act.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

Because the Nazis were the ones who made us have rations to begin with, and if I flout their system, then I am also flouting them.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse