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transgress

[trans-gres, tranz-] / trænsˈgrɛs, trænz- /


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“What the Israelis realized quickly was that, even as Israel was beginning to transgress the red lines, Hezbollah was sticking very studiously to the rules of engagement,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 28, 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 could be another previous life, or some harm done to you, or a lack of self-knowledge that makes us transgress on our worldview,” he said.

From Seattle Times Aug. 27, 2022

His views about the white man were devastating, but at no time did he transgress against my own personality and make me feel that I, as an individual, shared in the guilt.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

It just said there might be an egregious example “when a state court transgresses the bounds of ordinary judicial review.”

From Salon May 11, 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

“In her music, as in her poetry, film and Conceptual art, she constantly transgresses and mutates the form,” Ms. Munroe added.

From New York Times Oct. 27, 2016

"Before the daughter of the Amelungs; whose child I honour, even when she errs and transgresses!"

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Felix Dahn

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

As in Europe, those persecuted as witches in the colonies were commonly poor and marginalized, but women who transgressed Puritan behavioral norms or who attained wealth or property were also at risk.

From Scientific American May 31, 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

Transgres′sion, the act of transgressing: violation of a law or command: offence: fault: crime: sin.—adjs.

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




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