But when they surprised her, in her bedroom, she defied them.
Her determined mission was to tell the world about this place.In other ways, too, she defied the darkness.
As she defied the laws of nature, the lioness found herself constantly surrounded by safari vans.
(She defied the ban by recording the meeting and reporting on it).
With her exotic complexion, exuberant personality and flamboyant fashion sense, she defied just about every stereotype associated with her job.
If she defied him, she feared, he could summon immigration enforcement agents to take her relatives to detention.
Months before her death, Islam Bibi said her brother had ordered her to give up work, although she defied him.
Last year, though, she defied Mr. Giuliani when she voted with the majority to make Harold O. Levy the chancellor.
Riefenstahl's dance teachers had warned her that, with a scant two years' training, she wasn't prepared to perform as a soloist, but she defied them, too.
But she defied that in 2008 and 2012, years when the ballot was headed by a Democratic presidential candidate who helped draw her voters to the polls.
