fly in the face of
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Results on the road fly in the face of Everton's struggles at the Hill Dickinson this season, although Moyes' approach is simply better suited to playing away from home.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
That move “seemed to fly in the face of market forecasts” but hasn’t, as of yet, led to a “collapse” in oil prices, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025
“Nazism, imperialism, and dictatorship all fly in the face of democracy,” said George Mason professor Tehama Lopez Bunyasi who has studied how race and identity intersect with politics.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024
As for literally decades’ worth of decisions, both from the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that fly in the face of his argument?
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2023
The disposition of modern Socialism is certainly no more to override these natural tendencies than it is to fly in the face of human nature in regard to the home.
From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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