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violate

[vahy-uh-leyt] / ˈvaɪ əˌleɪt /




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In a post on social media Centcom said the ship was "suspected of attempting to violate the US blockade by transiting toward an Iranian port".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Six of her fellow jurors said she brought in a thumb drive containing a slideshow presentation she created at home using AI, which they said appeared to violate the judge’s instructions against outside research.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The court issued a middle-ground ruling that, while state legislatures are generally free to craft their own election rules, those rules cannot violate federal law.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

“These new rules create huge loopholes for plastic packaging that violate the law,” said Avinash Kar, senior director of the toxics program at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

They are more like perfectly tooled but crazy little machines, and we violate science when we try to read human meanings in their arrangements.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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