disobey
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He and his representatives are now threatening Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Iran and Greenland, with Venezuela serving as an object lesson of what may happen if a country dares to disobey his wishes.
From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026
“You can’t put on the screen that it’s right for a young girl to disobey her father,” Nava recalled Quintanilla saying.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025
I was also briefed multiple times on my duty to disobey unlawful orders.
From Slate • Dec. 3, 2025
If an order is legally ambiguous, a service member will only find out whether it was lawful to disobey at a court-martial, where a military judge decides.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
He thought she would pile up strong walls of objection, and for one of the few times in his life he would disobey her wish no matter how strong her objection.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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