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Trump is known for defying tradition and going against the grain, but the recent appointments suggest a larger agenda, some political observers say.

Those senators are likely to be familiar with how defying Trump worked out for Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who is now on his way to retirement.

Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have been detained by police in Amsterdam after defying a ban on public protests in the Dutch capital.

The myriad accomplishments by Black Americans in the face of the oppressive conditions of slavery and racial hierarchy openly defied stereotypes of their inferiority.

Earlier this week, students at the Royal National College for the Blind, in Hereford, where McCausland studied, told the BBC he was defying expectations.