violate

Example Sentences

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“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

This case presented a strikingly simple question: Does it violate a journalist’s First Amendment rights if they are arrested for requesting and publishing information that a government employee willingly hands over?

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

That though would be a difficult political choice and would violate a founding principle of the NHS – that our health services should be available to all.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

We get bogged down in traffic for several miles, and even though Radar is desperate to violate the speed limit, he’s lucky when he can go thirty.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green