In 2000, they made an overt challenge with a show titled, The Resignation of Sir Nicholas Serota.

Mr. Jones invited print and television reporters on Thursday to watch him sell marijuana to customers in an overt challenge to the Government.

The play is notable for its overt challenge to its audience's expectations and sense of plausibility.

And it reacts sharply to any overt challenge of the One China formula.

But the current conflict at Braklaagte has provided the catalyst for an overt challenge by the Congress to Mr. Mangope's rule.

Some études have less overt challenges, like "Vertige," in which the pianist must execute twisting strands of bizarre, hard-to-finger chromatic runs.

He stepped closer to her, his demeanor one of overt challenge.

But it was also because the overt challenge to the authority of the State high lighted the potential for much more widespread unrest.

There's been an overt challenge made to the Gorn ruling body by a fringe group hostile to the idea of stronger ties to the Federation.

Because this formal speech limits what can be said, it induces "acceptance, compliance, or at least forbearance with regard to any overt challenge."