disobeyed

past tense of disobey

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Recent Examples of disobeyed This was neither the first nor the last time that Patton disobeyed an order. Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 Harvick said the agency gave lawful orders for the crowd to move back, which were disobeyed. Daniella Silva, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025 However, all of the city’s fire stations seemingly disobeyed the mayor by lowering their flags. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 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 The group says Ensign misled courts, disobeyed court orders and failed to intervene when lawyers under his supervision engaged in misconduct. Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 25 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disobeyed
Verb
  • Their food might be the first mention in Talat’s many accolades, but their bar program can’t be ignored.
    Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
  • Not only were the rules misapplied, according to an expert referee with years of elite experience, but similar plays during this tournament have been ignored.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • The case claims Disney violated federal antitrust law and various state antitrust and consumer protection laws.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • The nonprofit, which alleged the county violated the Surplus Lands Act by not first exploring affordable-housing development at the site, still has not dismissed its lawsuit.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • But yesterday, the group defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his approval.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 July 2026
  • From businesswomen and lawyers to pilots and mothers, the Miss Subways defied the odds stacked against women of their time and hope that young women today do the same.
    Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • That single test would have stopped Tank Day before a designer ever mocked up a poster.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • On Wednesday, Smith mocked the team's trade for Walker Kessler, pairing him with Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.
    Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Interviewed following his win on ESPN, the 42-year-old Chestnut dismissed, more or less, the impact of today’s 92 degree New York heat on the proceedings.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 July 2026
  • The nonprofit, which alleged the county violated the Surplus Lands Act by not first exploring affordable-housing development at the site, still has not dismissed its lawsuit.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Hibon says the filmmakers deliberately resisted recreating the look of the old cartoon.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
  • Europe has long resisted air conditioning as noisy, an eyesore on architectural facades and unnecessary, as brutal summer heat has been relatively short-lived.
    Anniek Bao,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 July 2026

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“Disobeyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disobeyed. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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