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violate

[vahy-uh-layt] / ˈvaɪ əˌleɪt /




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Defaults in tennis are rare and only occur when players violate the sport's code of conduct.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Any officers who violate those standards are held accountable through investigations that may culminate in their peace officer status being suspended or revoked entirely.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Discovery, arguing the deal would violate U.S. antitrust law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Enough so that creators and marketing leaders will talk about them on the record—even though undisclosed ads violate guidelines from TikTok, Instagram, Meta, YouTube and the FTC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

He suffers but at least he isn’t required to violate his own identity.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Supporters of extending the programme to those with mental illness alone argue that not doing so violates their constitutional rights and access to healthcare.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Despite all the public discourse around loneliness and the need to connect, the cold call violates some of the communication norms we’ve spent decades developing.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The US Treasury did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the new $1 coin violates that law.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

Daniel Schwarcz of the University of Minnesota Law School argued in a 2018 paper published in the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal that the arrangement violates nondelegation principles in every state constitution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The quantum hypothesis violates everything our everyday experience tells us.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

A few months later, a different judge found that the department had violated previous court restrictions by using projectile weapons to disperse crowds at protests against immigration enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The spokesperson did not comment on whether this specific proposal violated city rules but noted that documented proposals require a professional photography permit and said that proposals that include set-ups and structures are not allowed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

There’s scant evidence that Mercedes undermined workers’ rights or violated U.S. labor law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

But all of this is uncharted territory for Congress, as Briffault explained: “The problem is, the laws have never been significantly enforced because they’ve never been violated in such an egregious way,” he said.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

On that first day of the Defiance Campaign, more than 250 volunteers around the country violated various unjust laws and were imprisoned.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

What was striking about that case was that the FTC brought it because it caught the company, then known as Facebook, violating a 2012 consent order that involved similar accusations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"We have parted ways with three individuals for violating our policies on accessing and handling sensitive company information," OpenAI's spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The video went viral on X before it was deleted for violating platform rules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

I felt like I was on an away mission, disguised to infiltrate and observe another culture without violating the Prime Directive.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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