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Recent Examples of disobedience Thanks to that act of disobedience, the document is now preserved at Fort Ligonier. Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025 And why is the punishment for disobedience akin to literal torture? Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 July 2025 Will the Ruska Roma turn on one of its own for disobedience? ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025 Disgraced female Wakandan warrior Noni (voiced by Winnie Harlow), who has been banished from the kingdom’s female elite forces the Dora Milaje for disobedience, is dispatched on a mission to track-down the general and bring him back. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for disobedience
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Noun
  • When the series begins, in 1868, Ireland is under British rule — but a group known as the Fenians leads a rebellion for independence.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • These motifs carry layered meanings, shifting from innocence to rebellion.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Minnesota passed on Rodgers at the time, almost to signal a vote of defiance or confidence in McCarthy.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In recent months, some council members have pushed, in open defiance, for outside groups to take another look, on the city’s behalf, at the economics of moving out of the Civic Center complex.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While this change reduces the explicit admission of willfulness, a narrative is still required.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The performance goes from fiery to ineffectual as DiCaprio’s character, Bob, loses his youthful rebelliousness in a haze of pot and resignation.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The rebelliousness can be witnessed in everything from its ’70s-in-California style to the very naming conventions Mother chooses for its viral products — adored by A-listers like Gigi Hadid, Chrissy Teigen, Millie Bobby Brown, and more.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Disobedience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disobedience. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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