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

Others say history and the text are clear in demonstrating that Mississippi doesn’t violate federal law.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 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

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

I envied them their physical lives, their freedom to violate the taboo of the sun.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez