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Two hundred years later, around the time of Leonardo’s late-15th century arrest, fully one-quarter of the city’s male population — hundreds of men every year — had run afoul of the antisodomy laws.

According to the lawsuit, the law runs afoul of free speech protections in the U.S.

Even worse, Kalmus said, Trump and his economic adviser Tesla CEO Elon Musk are going to take the ax to countless unrelated science initiatives that run afoul of their political positions.

From Salon

These media outlets are businesses and they don't want to run afoul of Trump.

From Salon

"His offer is only open to registered voters, so I think his offer runs afoul of this provision," Mr Berman told the BBC.

From BBC

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

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