How to Use against the law in a Sentence
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Are ballot selfies against the law in Ohio?
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2025
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Reading a children’s book to children is not against the law.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2023
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Do’s failure to disclose his daughter’s role in the group is not against the law.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
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Fed chair Jerome Powell has been adamant that such a move would be against the law.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
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The court is due to hear appeals against the law in September.
—Frederik Pleitgen, CNN, 31 July 2023
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Killing a baby after it is born has always been homicide and against the law.
—Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
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Plea deals should be against the law and breaking of gun laws be prosecuted.
—Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 12 May 2024
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Weems said most of Bushart's posts were not against the law and would be recognized by free speech.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
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In the city, hunting moths gathered under streetlamps is against the law.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2024
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What’s more, trying to pass off a pet as a service animal is against the law in some states.
—Sue Carlton Tampa Bay Times (tns), al, 18 Aug. 2023
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On a very practical level, this means that lighting a campfire is now against the law.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
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But they were heartened to see so many people protesting against the law on Monday.
—Michael Williams, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
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Other signs cautioned that sea lions can bite and that harassing them is against the law.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
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That is against the law per the Emoluments Clauses.
—Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
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Fatou discovered that — unknown to her and against the law — her daughter had been cut.
—Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
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Nine states have stricter laws in place while litigation against the law continues.
—Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 22 June 2023
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Consuming the drink while inside your vehicle is against the law.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
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The public consumption of cannabis would also remain against the law.
—A.j. Herrington, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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Using any of these methods in an attempt to achieve a variety of outcomes is against the law.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
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The two commissioners maintain their removals are against the law.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 9 May 2025
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And while the governor points to fraud rings that stage accidents to file claims, that kind of fraud is already against the law.
—Ben Crump, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Discharging a firearm in the city limits of Birmingham is against the law.
—Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 31 Dec. 2021
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Advocates against the law have also warned that public schools already face large budget gaps.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
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Texting at a light is against the law for a reason, and a police officer of all people should know not to do it.
—Michael Boyle, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2024
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But in Boise, sleeping or camping on public property was against the law.
—John Blackstone, CBS News, 2 June 2024
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And fraudulent insurance claims are already against the law.
—Phara Souffrant Forrest, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
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Also, threatening the lives of members of Congress is, in fact, against the law.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2025
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The statewide tourism bureau, Visit Florida, has yet to speak out against the law.
—Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
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Chapek finally bowed to pressure from Disney workers and others and came out against the law.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
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Another employee, the suit said, took it further and told her using the girls’ bathroom was against the law.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
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