violate
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On Tuesday, though, Gorsuch added a new prong to the test: State officials, he wrote, must provide “voluntary and knowing consent” to be sued if they violate rights established under the spending clause.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026
Legal scholars say such moves, and the delayed spending by the State Department, likely violate the law.
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026
“Continuing to use it will violate our guidelines and may lead to submission rejection. Not even ‘poly’ is allowed so change it as well.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
"It is the case that when brands violate the expected experience, in this case the flow of the game, fans can react negatively."
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
It was the face of a man of hardened integrity who could no more consciously violate the moral principles on which his virtue rested than he could transform himself into a despicable toad.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing violate
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