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Fly in the face of

"Fly in the face of" in a Sentence (2 examples)

The new design is very edgy and certainly flies in the face of tradition.

DB Cargo is clearly upset by the Royal Mail decision. Not only will it lose a valuable customer, but this flies in the face of its own high-profile campaign, called Freight Belongs on Rail.

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