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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

“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

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

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

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

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

“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

But the word still pinpoints that which transgresses human decency.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2018

And if a man transgresses what the law imposes, he will be impious; or rather he will not dare transgress, for he could not escape.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore

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

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

“Steps will also be taken against other learners who may have transgressed certain provisions within the code of conduct,” she added.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2024

“But if you transgressed . . . by trying to present yourself as somewhat above your station intellectually, then that is the end.”

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024

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

It does its best to misbehave, transgressing between the real and the imaginary, between emotions dangerously raw and overcooked, breaking boundaries between what we call classical music and what we don’t.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2024

The move involved no stepping on necks and no transgressing of hierarchies and Lee had plenty of support, but when it came time to vote on her promotion, she was outmaneuvered.

From Slate ● Mar. 5, 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

Here he looked up as though the profligacy and degeneracy of the age were transgressing all bounds.

From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever