1.   Use the role to defy expectations.

2.   And since then, Duke, a squad with no seniors, defied early expectations by winning the first regular-season Atlantic Coast Conference title in team history.

3.   And once again, Cosby hopes to defy expectations, although he knows you can never satisfy everyone.

4.   As it has so many times before, a wrestling program has defied all expectations and proved to be a potent draw for young men.

5.   At every turn, he defied expectations.

6.   Bret Schundler has made a career out of defying expectations.

7.   But Dostum has consistently defied expectations.

8.   But in many ways the sequel may defy expectations.

9.   But now, defying expectations, Giuliani and Pataki have forged an unusually effective alliance.

10.   But others were wary about reading too much into the data, because recent home sales have been defying expectations and bucking economic trends.