disobeyed

past tense of disobey

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Recent Examples of disobeyed Ulysses expresses sorrowful regret for having disobeyed Zeus’ Law – essentially the Golden Rule – in sacking Troy. Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026 However, all of the city’s fire stations seemingly disobeyed the mayor by lowering their flags. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disobeyed
Verb
  • Her attorney advised against it, but Belle ignored the advice, allowed the change and signed.
    Margery A. Greenberg, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The crowds ignored the best efforts of the protest leaders to act as disciplinary conductors and reveled in their own playful spontaneity, their slogans and posters heaping colorful profanities on the prime minister.
    Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The department said the detectives who reported the affair violated three policies for conducting an unauthorized investigation and their use of Flock.
    Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Grisham alleged in the new lawsuit filed July 7 that Miller dragged her name into his dispute with Moreno and violated their agreement not to disparage each other.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The language of the protest was distinctively Internet-native, as young protesters defied intimidation using memes, Gen Z slang, creative posters, and dark humor to criticize the actions of the government and the police.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • Kenny Omega retained his AEW World Championship against Kevin Knight, but the real story unfolded afterward as Will Ospreay dramatically defied the Death Riders, saving Omega from a post-match attack and hinting at a major shift in alliances.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Golf's media establishment mocked defectors as sellouts and eagerly counted down the days until LIV's collapse.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • In the early 1930s, the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty wrote stories denying the famine that Joseph Stalin’s forced-collectivization policies were causing in Ukraine and mocked journalists who reported the truth.
    James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • But that conviction was dismissed after the revelation that a juror in the trial had not disclosed a domestic violence incident in her own background in order to win a seat on the panel, The Denver Post reports.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Defense attorneys also should not be able to reference the felony charges dismissed after video showed agents’ falsehoods.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • On a Sunday afternoon in July, while much of the world watched the World Cup final, a counterexample was found to the Jacobian conjecture, a problem that had resisted proof or disproof since 1939.
    Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Until Tuesday, some rival executives resisted calling the Detroit Tigers on left-hander Tarik Skubal, trying to be respectful as the team fought to remain in contention.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 28 July 2026

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“Disobeyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disobeyed. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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