afoul

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Whatever work your business hires your child to do, make sure it does not run afoul of any federal or local labor laws.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Stilwell, who refrains from sharing his first name, operates on Catalina Island, a dumping ground for officers who’ve either botched cases or run afoul of their superiors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“They’re people that, for whatever reason, have simply fallen afoul of Hegseth,” he said.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

He ran afoul of some in the orchestra and of its imperious head, Ernest Fleischmann.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

But now we’d had a lot of practice, and neither Colton nor I had run badly afoul of Bloom.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover