Cryptic thereby defies a troubling trend: Internet games, first ballyhooed as the next big thing, have struggled.
It's a little surprising who defies conformity and who broken-heartedly retreats from possible happiness.
On April 5th, Microsoft announced a bug that is so stupid it defies belief.
Depicting the Prophet Muhammad in any way already defies Islamic belief, let alone satirising him.
That hope rests on no theoretical basis or empirical results and defies common sense.
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Encouraged by the wind, it defies gravity and flows up the gentle incline toward the trees.
Boyle said the sculpture "defies all prejudice in people's minds about one of London's poorest boroughs".
"I think one of Wayne's problems is he defies convention so much, " Paine says.
The middle chunk of the film defies belief not with special effects, unfortunately, but with humdrum misogyny.
New fusions of rock and pop forms create engaging music that defies easy categorization.
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But he defies critics of his pay and the performance of the company's shares.
The Taliban forbid girls in the classroom and have threatened to kill anyone who defies them.
Lore is a video game project on Kickstarter that defies all the rules of grammar and punctuation.
And the reason is basically that the business structurally defies scale at this point.
In fact, it defies credibility that the growth of an epidemic is the fault of the afflicted.
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Their policymakers argue that China's path to prosperity defies and discredits the simple formulas propagated in Washington.
Pinning your future on a partner like that in front of deep pocketed investors surely defies logic.
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If its drama, or lack of drama, defies credibility, it must nonetheless be seen to be disbelieved.
And anyone with a disorder that still defies effective care knows the need to keep innovation going.
But my point is that we have a system that not only redefines complexity, but also defies understanding.
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It defies the stereotypes of button-pressing, Bible-thumping, government-hating conservatives, even as Romney exploits those issues in his rhetoric.
With his yearly stadium runs, Mr. Chesney defies one of the first rules of touring don't burn out the audience.
She writes about what's on her mind, and her music often defies explanation.
And its stock has been a winner for so long, it defies reason.
Someone who defies conventional wisdom needs to explain his views well enough to bring public opinion to his side.
And what little it does tell us defies all expectations - hanging around with prostitutes and trashing the temple.
The economic argument behind this most shameful of settlements predictably defies basic logic.
Of course, the President is not the only one who defies anyone who dare think they built anything themselves.
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But everything about Berkshire Hathaway, including its vast stable of brands, defies convention in seemingly all ways but profit.
Such political meddling enjoys scant precedent, defies both custom and commonsense, until lately disavowed prevailing opinion and contradicts biology.
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