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To better prepare an incoming President replacing a recalcitrant one, Republicans and Democrats in Congress in 2022 passed the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act.Brian Bennett, TIME, 2 Nov. 2024
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Just as most sectors of white-collar management have proved more recalcitrant to de-skilling than manual labor, so too the intellectual work of the art historian and critic has taken somewhat longer to de-skill than its avant-garde counterparts.15 But for Buchloh, that moment has come.Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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At any point, a willingness to be both selfish and disobedient would have saved her.Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 25 Sep. 2024
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In this view, disobedient journalists, scientific experts, officials, and judges are the enemy.Pippa Norris, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2021
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The Trump campaign had come back to Butler to stage its own retaliation, an over-the-top reminder that its candidate was defiant in the face of death, and possibly preordained for the Presidency.Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Despite the legal case, a defiant Musk posted the latest winner in his $1m giveaway on X this morning.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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It is meant to treat only people with refractory myeloma.Sarah Hudgens, Health, 23 Sep. 2024
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Similar to refractory bricks, firebricks can store heat or insulate, depending on what they’re made from.New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2024
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Featuring bodies stacked like cords of wood and a bloated S.S. guard dangling from an iron hook, the spread was an obstreperous incursion among the kind of fashion and perfume ads that Miller had once shot or appeared in.Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2024
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Rachelle and Matthew had told me that Zac had become obstreperous and even menacing toward them, but Howells mentioned several incidents of physical aggression.Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
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If anything, Truman waited too long to do it after MacArthur failed to anticipate or even detect the Chinese intervention and then grew increasingly insubordinate, criticizing Truman and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in his communications with Congress.Mike Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2023
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But even just with blueprints for the space, Culpepper tried to block out those moments in a way that made sense for the shifting power dynamics between would-be teacher and insubordinate student, alternating who appeared taller and more in control of the frame.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 July 2024
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No attorneys could cite an instance when a wayward wastewater operator ever faced the prospect of incarceration.Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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In the same vein, wayward vines are nipped, and emerging roots thrust deep into the ground, in hopes of harnessing every last nutrient for the potential champion.Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2024
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Tired of the toxic culture within the group, Veronica teams up with her rebellious new boyfriend, J.D. (played by Christian Slater), and things quickly spiral out of control as their plot to take down the Heathers turns deadly.Jane LaCroix, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Her funny dynamics with her siblings were more than relatable with Justin (David Henrie) as the smart, trustworthy kind of uptight eldest sibling, Alex, as the middle child with a rebellious spirit, and Max (Jake T. Austin) as the funny and a bit dumb younger brother.Stephanie Andrade, StyleCaster, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Noncompliant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncompliant. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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