renounce
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In a call with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, Wadephul stressed that Germany supported a negotiated solution but that "Iran must completely and verifiably renounce nuclear weapons and immediately open the Strait of Hormuz".
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
It will refuse to renounce the right to enrich uranium, as it did before, having proven it can survive.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026
She was trapped in a country not her own and hounded by police who were suspicious of her loyalty because she refused to renounce her American citizenship.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
Getting Prince Andrew to renounce the use of his titles, under the threat of forcibly taking them away, was an attempt to publicly show that the Palace was taking this seriously.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
“Work, play—at sixty our powers and tastes are what they were at seventeen. Old men in the bad old days used to renounce, retire, take to religion, spend their time reading, thinking—thinking!”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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