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What's more, he added, every year that he and Tsukamoto go looking, they seem to run afoul of the elements.

Even when Congress has not acted, a state statute may run afoul of the dominant federal interest in the free flow of interstate commerce.

The result of this technical trick is higher U. S. duties on Chinese exports that run afoul of antidumping rules.

Given the age of the coal fleet, many of the oldest plants also run afoul of clean-air guidelines on traditional pollutants.

This need not run afoul of the "no bail-out" clause: to agree to borrow jointly is not to assume another country's debt.

Brazil's politicians and legislators often run afoul of the law, as well.

China has taken steps in recent months to safeguard the legal rights of those who run afoul of the authorities.

A great sailor, until he run afoul of that which vex all men.

Autocrats that look to extend their mandate beyond their death by leaving in power their son or brother run afoul of this adage.

His recent troubles make him the latest high-profile tycoon to run afoul of authorities.

In these situations, journalists may run afoul of the laws if they publish sexually explicit, but newsworthy, material.

Some, meanwhile, were concerned that the former French Minster of Economic Affairs might run afoul of censors.

Many independent freighter captains traveling through the Expansion and Outer Rim Territories had run afoul of Dofine.

It would have run afoul of Jupiter and been chucked into interstellar space.

Extravagant mass ransom schemes, and proposals to bomb nonmilitary targets like concentration camps run afoul of major war-making policies.

Even tightly regulated countries could run afoul of the directive.

Her movies have often run afoul of mainland authorities because of the taboo and sensitive subjects they take on.

Like many other U. S. firms that have run afoul of nationalist sentiments in China, Wal-Mart could only beg forgiveness.