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flout

verb as in show contempt for

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Several state gaming commissions have argued that Kalshi is flouting state laws and exploiting a loophole in financial regulations to offer sports betting nationwide.

In recent years, several states have restricted or banned firecrackers to combat rising air pollution, but the rules are often flouted, further worsening air quality in the days after Diwali.

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But it is the flouting of the constitution in Operation Dudula's actions that angers activists on the other side of the argument.

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Rivas said Tuesday that Gabriella had been an uncooperative tenant that flouted financially responsibilities and had, therefore, forfeited any inside track to renewal.

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Popular platforms such as Facebook, TikTok and Instagram face heavy fines for flouting the laws.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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