lawless
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“This is a desperate situation where you have a lawless agency flouting the laws and threatening resources,” Rosenfield said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
What she’s targeting is the lawless underlying subpoena, saying it was unenforceable to begin with.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
We may live in an increasingly lawless society, but that doesn’t mean all significance should be abandoned at will.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
This instability created lawless zones such as the “neutral ground” of Bergen County in northeast New Jersey and the Pine Barrens in the south, where hardened “banditti” flourished.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
“That place is just a lawless heap of rocks, a no-man’s-land.”
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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