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Taboos became the norm, permission to transgress was extended to everyone and “what was once unthinkable became the only way to think about anything.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"We don't allow anyone to transgress on our land," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024

Taking these points together, it becomes clear that the ordinary bounds of judicial review are capacious, and it would be extraordinarily rare for a state court to transgress them.

From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2024

That was hardly a fringe view in the progressive ethos of the Bay Area, where he was based, though he still managed to transgress the boundaries on a regular basis.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

It soon became clear that there were limits beyond which one could not transgress on the Manhattan.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Consider what Christianity, at its core, actually does: It transgresses and disrupts.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

The Lib Dem leader said "we need to know... where any MP transgresses the rules".

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

But the idea that because an opponent transgresses a norm the standard no longer applies to anyone is a perversion of principle.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2022

“How do you know who you are when your primal love bond is formed with someone who then transgresses and violates it?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2021

Transgres′sor, one who transgresses: one who violates a law or command: a sinner.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Both productions also transgressed personal boundaries that pushed Panettiere to lows no one should endure, but so many stars growing up in the spotlight unfortunately do.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

Duckett said it's "not a secret" that professionalism is something he's "struggled with throughout my career" but has always been willing to "hold his hands up" when he's transgressed.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

Battle lines are drawn and immediately transgressed in a play that takes farce out of the bedroom and into administrative corridors and cubicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

Some of the breakfast sandwiches transgressed in ruinous ways: served with aggressively flavored aioli, served on a bagel out of a plastic bag, served with arugula, which, friends, only gets distressingly wilty-slimy in this format.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

She doubted whether she had not transgressed the duty of woman by woman, in betraying her suspicions of Jane Fairfax’s feelings to Frank Churchill.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

“Already in that early school exercise, he was transgressing all the principles that we knew.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024

On the other hand, with “Alice Sadie Celine,” we are not talking about transgressing the long-gone mores of the 1950s and ’60s.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

The lawsuit also claims that Chop’t did not dispute the fine, which was for transgressing a rule that food service establishments must “operate their premises in such a way as to avoid imminent health hazards.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

The summer of 2023, which was the hottest in recorded history, served as a potent reminder of the consequences of transgressing planetary limits.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2023

No man could be more innocent of intention in transgressing caste rule than Coomara.

From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny