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renounce

[ri-nouns] / rɪˈnaʊns /


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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

Later, O’Neill would renounce the play as a repository of “all the Broadway tricks” he had amassed in his “stage training.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

MPC pledged to "permanently renounce the use of arms" and "rejoin the political agreement for peace and reconciliation" that it signed in 2019 with 13 other armed groups, Wanzet said.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

Educated in elite schools, Garland had come to believe that unearned wealth was immoral and told the world that he planned to renounce his legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

“I renounce the gods! What have they ever done for me? I will see them destroyed. I will serve Kronos.”

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan




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