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
It’s a common claim among people trying to discredit organic, and it certainly does fly in the face of the first thing most people think about the label: no chemicals.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 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
But if "determined" simply means that every phenomenon is caused, in the philosophical—not the theological or metaphysical—meaning of the word, it does not fly in the face of common sense at all.
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
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