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Example sentences for: defies

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But when it comes to international monetary matters, Canada has often been a very interesting case--the country that defies the trends, that demonstrates by example the hollowness of the conventional wisdom of the moment.
The upshot defies categorization.
A fifth that defies comprehension is now the herbrew pony, borrowed from ponytail migrated from the back of the head to the forehead and came to mean bangs or fringe.
By underscoring his image as a fearless strongman, Putin defies this critique.
The most powerful work in The Sixties also defies easy categorization.