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First he served 90 days in solitary for breaking the rule against self-injury.

Almost everyone expected the court to rule against Yingluck.

Madonna also established a rule against dyeing her hair—until she was 14.

Temporary "pleasure marriages" offer unwed Muslims a way around the Islamic rule against premarital sex.

The rule against touching a student is now pretty much universal in America.

“There is no rule against our having twenty members, if those members are worthy,” said Margaret Grant.

There is, however, an exception which he would make to the rule against perpetuity of entails.

Also, there is no set rule against that, but Dr. Churchill does not like it.

Even outside Didactic Poetry I have allowed myself an occasional disloyalty to my own rule against excerpts.

Although this would hardly occur nowadays, there is no rule against such a possibility.

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On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rule against, such as: alter, annul, bend to one's will, control, countermand, and direct.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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