"defy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- But North Korea tested ballistic missiles in July, defying sharp warnings from Beijing.
- For four consecutive days, protesters have defied warnings of arrest and bloodshed and stood in a corner of October Square to demand a new race.
- A group affiliated with the ousted prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, defied warnings from the military and the police, vowing Thursday to step up its protests.
- The labour market continues to defy warnings that the economic recovery has come to a halt.
- He had defied Palestinian warnings to appointed Arab officials to resign.
- Subsequent talks on carrying out the provisions broke down, and North Korea then defied international warnings by testing a nuclear device last October.
- Defying warnings at home and from Western powers, Mr. Erbakan traveled to Libya for what he hoped would be a feast of solidarity.
- A businessman is assaulted in Brooklyn and his truck is set on fire because he defied warnings not to compete for garbage-carting contracts.
- Defying warnings from the elders of the land he engaged in battle with a warrior from the Afterworld.
- Defying stern warnings from the Clinton Administration, Democrats in Congress are preparing to cut more than $1 billion from a White House intelligence budget request.
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