These three young people have defied the odds.

He also demanded, five times, that people defy the rain by removing their ponchos.

A few people defy the rules, risking arrest by running down empty streets to relatives' houses.

But 10,000 older people defy the stereotypes each summer by attending these camps for up to two weeks.

"Yet the people of this continent defied the dictators, and they claimed their liberty."

Their uprising has made them heroes throughout the world, a brave people defying a powerful occupying power.

In 2005, the people of Afghanistan defied the terrorists and elected a democratic legislature.

The people who have swarmed the capital defy ready characterization.

As she watched the people of Moscow defy the tanks for the next three days, she felt a growing bond with them.

Technology has progressed to a point where people can defy the probable and attempt the impossible.