violate

Example Sentences

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Why is it, then, that nobody seriously argues that they’d violate the First Amendment, too?

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

“If they’re willing to violate those rules, I’d be concerned about doing business with them,” Van Alst said.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

The district attorney said the text messages would help prove “that intent to defraud, that intent to commit money laundering, this intent to violate our conflict of interest laws.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The moves have been opposed by trans rights campaigners who argue they could violate human rights, and insist inclusion should be prioritised.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

These connections, which drape themselves from the limbs of one tree to the limbs of another, violate the neatly nested, branch-within-branch geometry of a tree.2 I’ll call them arcs of coherence.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker