insubordination
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Slavin told the Associated Press that his refusal to accept military censorship was cited in his termination notice as insubordination.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Shotwell, according to the New York Times, also asked staff involved with the letter to stop “flooding” company communication channels and said she would consider ignoring her email to be insubordination.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
He attacked the qualifications of her replacement and told him he wasn’t welcome in a way that could only indicate insubordination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Into this chaos walks a man with an iron fist, a famous surname and zero tolerance for insubordination.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
My father told me to believe and not ask questions, for to question what he believed was a sign of insubordination and disrespect.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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I shall report the whole of your insubordinations in a properly written-out despatch.
From In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" by George Manville Fenn
She saw peeping and smiling at the edge of the door a neighbor's face, that encouraged her insubordinations.
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Many of the foreign officers spoke little, if any, English, and mutual jealousies and insubordinations soon manifested themselves in the little band.
From History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time by Maturin Murray Ballou
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