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Recent Examples of defier
Evan Turk’s provocative and emotive illustrations, portraits within this portrait, bring swirling movement and feeling to the story of this defier and definer of the times.
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BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2021
Everybody enjoys being thought of as a scofflaw, or a hell-raiser, or defier of authority, especially if such activity happened in the past.
—Karen Martin, Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2020
Critics see a reckless defier of laws and norms who must be held to account.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2019
Belichick is the league’s most prominent convention-defier; Schwartz is a veteran myth-buster.
—Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 2 Feb. 2018
The Ordinary's Granactive Retinoid* 2% Emulsion ($9.80) is a retinoid active, part of the family of age-defiers that helps reduce wrinkles.
—Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 26 Jan. 2018
BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2021
Everybody enjoys being thought of as a scofflaw, or a hell-raiser, or defier of authority, especially if such activity happened in the past.
—Karen Martin, Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2020
Critics see a reckless defier of laws and norms who must be held to account.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2019
Belichick is the league’s most prominent convention-defier; Schwartz is a veteran myth-buster.
—Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 2 Feb. 2018
The Ordinary's Granactive Retinoid* 2% Emulsion ($9.80) is a retinoid active, part of the family of age-defiers that helps reduce wrinkles.
—Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 26 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defier
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His first official act as president was to pardon Vietnam-era draft resisters, thereby helping bring that sorry chapter in American life to a close.Randall Balmer, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
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As one of his first acts upon taking office, President Carter pardoned all Vietnam War draft resisters.Vogue, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024
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Their nations have also tried to coordinate on policies toward Syria, where rebels recently toppled Bashar al-Assad, the longtime dictator.Edward Wong, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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In The Rise of Skywalker, the rebels manage to amass an army and take the fight to the evil Emperor Palpatine, who threatened to take over the galaxy with the biggest military force ever seen.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The mutineers requested political asylum but instead were imprisoned by the Cambodian government.Roberto Loiederman, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
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The games remain incomplete, and may in fact remain that way depending on what the Front Man decides to do with Gi-hun and all of the other mutineers.Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
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In Myanmar, where the government regards any aid entering conflict zones as support for insurgents, that can mean international groups operate almost clandestinely to get lifesaving provisions to the local groups that can distribute them.Karl Vick, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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While the military did not disclose details about the individuals killed, Balochistan has long been a hotspot for insurgent activity.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) is a Sunni Islamist umbrella group of oppositionist forces with ideological and organizational roots in al-Qaeda.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Within Russia, the oppositionists’ challenges are far greater.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
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And many revolutionists think that new equipment has changed the patterns of advance and retreat in Ukraine relative to historical experience.Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2023
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As the head of China’s Nationalist government, Chiang and his party were trying to establish control in a nation divided among revolutionists, nationalists, Indigenous warlords, and a developing communist army and government.Susan Tate Ankeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Defier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defier. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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