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Epping Forest District Council sought to block migrants lodging at The Bell Hotel in Epping by arguing its owner had flouted planning rules.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

Museveni said while residents of Mubende had largely observed quarantine, those in Kasanda had flouted some rules, including a family that exhumed a relative who had died of Ebola for reburial, leading to more deaths.

From Reuters • Nov. 15, 2022

He also scrapped an investigation into whether the agency had flouted pandemic protocols despite recommendations from his staff.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2022

In later years, the story spread that Jackson had flouted the Supreme Court by remarking, “John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.”

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

I had flouted the king’s laws all my life.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin