How to Use fly in the face of in a Sentence

fly in the face of

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• Plus this kind of revisionism flies in the face of the nature of time.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 July 2026
• Which flies in the face of where historic returns have actually been found, for such investors.
  — Rob Day, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
• Carrying the weight of duty and the dead, Odysseus begins the long journey home, flying in the face of the Gods.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
• The decision appeared to fly in the face of usual disciplinary protocols.
  — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 July 2026
• This latest development is a transparent effort to circumvent the court's ruling, and flies in the face of the statutes that Congress passed.
  — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026
• For women, having thinning hair or noticeable hair loss flies in the face of our definitions of beauty and femininity.
  — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Aug. 2026
• This latest development is a transparent effort to circumvent the Court’s ruling, and flies in the face of the statutes that Congress passed.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
• That could explain why the new study’s results fly in the face of other, larger — but not randomized — trials from 2021 conducted in Denmark and Italy.
  — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
• But now their homeowners association is threatening them with a $100 fine, arguing the display of Old Glory flies in the face of community rules.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
• Such a static conception of the American past flew in the face of the romantic patriotism that Obama appealed to Americans with, one rooted in a history of inevitable progress rooted in incessant struggle.
  — Mark Brilliant, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
• Attorneys for the city, meanwhile, say the union’s effort to remove those hearings from public view flies in the face of CPD’s ongoing reform efforts and would undermine confidence in the city’s Police Department.
  — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
• Strict limits on international partnerships fly in the face of how science has worked for centuries, said Chris Llewellyn Smith, a former CERN director who is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Oxford.
  — Lisa Song, CNN Money, 28 July 2026