afoul of
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“Running afoul of tax laws can be a costly financial mistake,” Balcom said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
The commission then determines whether the station has “served the public interest” and has not run afoul of the “rules and regulations of the Commission.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
As to whether recording people runs afoul of states’ consent laws, he says context matters and there are some gray areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
If the founder sets up an additional trust jointly for John and Jane, and another for John and Joan and another for Jane and Joan, that could run afoul of the forthcoming rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The first one, which is embarrassingly obvious, is that ESP runs afoul of the fundamental common- sense principle that the normal senses must somehow be involved for communication to take place.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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