flouting
Example Sentences
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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
The same could even be extended to Bieber’s set, whose lo-fi flouting of traditional Coachella spectacle seemed to play with that tension directly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
The investor visits to company sites are just one of the options SpaceX is weighing, and are in line with Musk’s record for flouting norms in the corporate world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Chinese officials are so afraid of flouting the rules that one state-owned booze company skipped serving alcohol at a conference last year, according to media reports and a person who attended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
They indicated either an ignorance or a flouting of the niceties.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
