afoul
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PARIS—French soccer star Kylian Mbappé became the latest global sports figure to run afoul of China on Tuesday, leading several sponsors to cut ties with him and a state broadcaster to black out his games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
But what if local officials run afoul of their constituents?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Other employers have been loath to use AI in recruiting, fearful of bias or running afoul of changing legislation on AI in hiring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Warren also said that Bilt’s practice of immediately debiting rent payments may have run afoul of the 2009 Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act’s disclosure requirements for credit cards.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
The first one, which is embarrassingly obvious, is that ESP runs afoul of the fundamental common- sense principle that the normal senses must somehow be involved for communication to take place.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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