insubordination
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According to Sato’s lawsuit, the chief initiated a complaint against her for insubordination, and she was disciplined with a reprimand.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
The agent was suspended for insubordination, according to the BBC's news partner CBS, after the agent found the plan to be inappropriate.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025
“For now, because of this insubordination and consequences it has brought upon the system, President Lee has been placed on administrative leave,” García said.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
In the fall of 2010, the head football coach terminated Sell as an assistant due to Sell’s insubordination and refusal to stop spending time with one of the two other boys who are now suing.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2023
In this secret music, I could tell those tales I was denied, and, there being no text, none could read whether I spake of docility or insubordination.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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