renounce

Example Sentences

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It will refuse to renounce the right to enrich uranium, as it did before, having proven it can survive.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

Aramayo said that while Bolivia would not renounce its claim over its sea access, it "had every desire" to restore full ties with its neighbor.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

All were driven to renounce the material world and liberate themselves from desires by going “forth to homelessness,” as several poems put it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 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

They are beginning to suspect that perhaps there is something to it, but Lies and the rest of the family renounce their claims to Vincent's paintings.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman