as in ignored
to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of
students who disobey their teachers and use cell phones in class drivers who consistently disobey traffic laws
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Recent Examples of disobeyed
However, all of the city’s fire stations seemingly disobeyed the mayor by lowering their flags.
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R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
In one story, the king, Hiranyakashipu, ordered everyone in his kingdom to worship him and was irked when his own son Prahlad, a devotee of Lord Vishnu, disobeyed his command.
—ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
In the internal report, an ICE agent wrote that Martinez appeared intoxicated or impaired and disobeyed verbal instructions to stop and exit his vehicle.
—Bayliss Wagner, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2026
Hours after the shooting, Noem defended the ICE officer who shot Good, saying the woman had blocked federal officers with her SUV and disobeyed orders to get out of her vehicle.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 9 Jan. 2026
One aviation expert argued that IndiGo not only disobeyed the regulations, but also increased its domestic flights without increasing crew and pilots.
—semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be inferred to be lawful and it is disobeyed at the peril of the subordinate.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Harvick said the agency gave lawful orders for the crowd to move back, which were disobeyed.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
This was neither the first nor the last time that Patton disobeyed an order.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
In one story, the king, Hiranyakashipu, ordered everyone in his kingdom to worship him and was irked when his own son Prahlad, a devotee of Lord Vishnu, disobeyed his command.
—ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
In the internal report, an ICE agent wrote that Martinez appeared intoxicated or impaired and disobeyed verbal instructions to stop and exit his vehicle.
—Bayliss Wagner, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2026
Hours after the shooting, Noem defended the ICE officer who shot Good, saying the woman had blocked federal officers with her SUV and disobeyed orders to get out of her vehicle.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 9 Jan. 2026
One aviation expert argued that IndiGo not only disobeyed the regulations, but also increased its domestic flights without increasing crew and pilots.
—semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be inferred to be lawful and it is disobeyed at the peril of the subordinate.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Harvick said the agency gave lawful orders for the crowd to move back, which were disobeyed.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
This was neither the first nor the last time that Patton disobeyed an order.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disobeyed
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Students argue that their desires were ignored when the board moved the upcoming Laguna Beach High graduation ceremony back to the smaller Irvine Bowl after several years of being held in the campus stadium.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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The repricing reflects a structural vulnerability that can no longer be ignored.—
Tenzin Seldon,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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For traders, the 50-day was violated during the pullback but the stock fought back above it, and that matters.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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The case is one of dozens of lawsuits filed in 2013 alleging oil giants, including Chevron and Exxon, violated state environmental laws for decades.—
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Yet her grandmother defied those rigid gender norms, passing on to her the ancestral practice of the backstrap loom — an ancient, portable device operated using a strap secured around the weaver’s waist.—
María Teresa Hernández,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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The rally has also defied conventional wisdom about the impact of energy prices on stocks.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
15 Apr. 2026
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Few people had Tate mocked to go this high, especially if Arvell Reese was going to be on the board.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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Sources at the premiere’s after-party speculated about whether Wintour had given her famous friends the heads-up that they were mocked in a movie that all of Conde had come up to support.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Red Sox had never fired a manger in-season since John Henry purchased the team in 2002, and throughout the franchise’s existence no manager had ever been dismissed midseason so early in the campaign.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Last year, dozens of experts who provided independent evaluations for biomedical research were dismissed from National Institute of Health science review boards.—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Despite his undeniable brilliance, Orson Welles’s career resisted stability.—
Michelle Duncan,
Architectural Digest,
22 Apr. 2026
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His relatives had resisted efforts to subpoena them to the grand jury, according to court filings in the dispute.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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