"Now there is a huge feeling of defiance, " three-time London winner Paula Radcliffe told CNN.
Some of them later sat down in the road in an act of defiance.
In the darkest hour of WWII, the public actually saw it as an image of defiance.
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Is it no more than the inevitable response to an individual act of defiance?
More important are the first signs of defiance in Cosa Nostra's home town of Palermo.
Rather they portray them as gestures of defiance, of national unity and hence even of hope.
The gesture itself is an act of defiance against commercialism and any ideals identified with a logo.
Forbes, who has no connection to Forbes Media LLC, became a symbol of defiance and proud Scottish nationalism.
But her act of defiance against the inevitable summed up Henman's display, starting well but fading pretty quickly.
And he kept it captivated with a series of press conferences that projected a mixture of defiance and determination.
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One Twitter user echoed that sense of defiance in light of the threats.
Though they issued seasonal messages of defiance, the opposition's two main leaders carefully avoided exploiting the festivities for political ends.
Gadhafi, as unbalanced as he seems to be, might take similar action as one of his last desperate acts of defiance.
In the late 1990s installing Linux was often something of a gesture of defiance against Microsoft's domination of the software industry.
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Leaks are inevitable in business and politics, but as acts of defiance they are maddening to those who prize order and control.
He chose such parts, not always for the best, because the role of anti-hero was a challenge and an act of defiance.
Even more controversial is Depardieu's choice to become a Russian citizen, which is an open gesture of defiance and rejection toward the French nation.
It was a moment of defiance that epitomised his side's endeavours.
His orders were to respond to acts of defiance commensurately.
In 1941, mail was stolen from an army post office in St Helier by a group of teenagers as an act of defiance against the occupying Nazi forces.
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Steyn picked up his third wicket of the innings by bowling Monty Panesar, and the last shots of defiance were played by Broad, who hit two memorable hook shots off Kallis for four.
Coming so soon after the International Cycling Union banned him for life and stripped him of the titles for those races, the photo was clearly meant as a statement of defiance.
As the lawyers and their assistants leafed through their papers and readied themselves, Mr Bemba sat behind his defence counsel, with his arms folded and a look of defiance flickering across his face.
Asked why, Cambara, in a straight approach to the task informed by a touch of defiance, told her that she meant to reclaim the family property, wrest it from the hands of the warlord.
The host country is approaching it sulkily, with its credibility as a treaty-maker damaged and in a spirit of defiance that will hardly encourage others to lower their barriers to commerce (see article).
After several days of defiance, Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei announced Monday that it would abide a recommendation from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) that it divest of U.S. technology company 3-Leaf.
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In any event, her show of defiance comes just as some governments have become more receptive to the arguments of Myanmar's neighbours, who believe that the best hope for improving the regime's behaviour is to loosen up a little.
Arsenal have suffered 10 days of soul-searching and criticism after allowing Spurs to secure an unlikely draw and losing in acrimonious circumstances at Stoke City but they responded with an almost open show of defiance on and off the pitch.
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