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as in to break
to fail to keep
you've violated the company's rule against smoking within 30 feet of the building
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as in to desecrate
to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect
the invaders violated the temple by using it to stable their horses
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Recent Examples of violate
In one instance, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Department of Homeland Security's 2017 decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program violated that law, the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
The Supreme Court overturned the court of appeals' opinion in the case, which found that there was no legal precedent addressing whether prejudicial evidence violates due process.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The priority among crypto businesses is the ability to operate in the US without the fear of legal action by the SEC, which under Gensler took the view that many crypto businesses were violating securities laws, but declined to outline rules for the industry.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2025
The lawmakers warned that this could violate the emoluments clause of the Constitution, which prohibits government officials from accepting payments or gifts from foreign entities without congressional approval.
—Jeff Cox,mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
The Supreme Court overturned the court of appeals' opinion in the case, which found that there was no legal precedent addressing whether prejudicial evidence violates due process.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The priority among crypto businesses is the ability to operate in the US without the fear of legal action by the SEC, which under Gensler took the view that many crypto businesses were violating securities laws, but declined to outline rules for the industry.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2025
The lawmakers warned that this could violate the emoluments clause of the Constitution, which prohibits government officials from accepting payments or gifts from foreign entities without congressional approval.
—Jeff Cox,mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for violate
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Though news broke yesterday that a deal had been reached, Israel cautioned that it was not finalized and accused Hamas of trying to extort last-minute demands.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Osorio leveled the match at 5-5 in the first set, a few games after Jabeur’s medical timeout, but the 30-year-old broke back immediately and looked relieved to take a one-set lead when her opponent sent a forehand long.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
16 Jan. 2025
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But one night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated and Karsh looks to track down the perpetrators.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Jan. 2025
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Thanks to them the attack mastermind escaped scot-free and soon those who that day desecrated the Capitol and battered the police will be pardoned and will leap snarling back into society.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
22 Dec. 2024
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Investigators later learned of a similar case in 2000, when a man raped a 19-year-old Penn State student at knifepoint at a Happy Valley, Pennsylvania, golf course, according to the Michigan sheriff and Centre Daily Times reporting.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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In the summer of 2021, the State Department reached out to the Israeli government and asked about the 15-year-old who said he was raped at the Russian Compound.—
Brett Murphy,
ProPublica,
15 Jan. 2025
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Jones claims that Baldoni breached his contract and that Nathan and Abel conspired to attack her.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
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Yet even among artists who have adequate estate planning with legal counsel, Schwartzman has noticed that the many other facets of estate stewardship are rarely breached during an artist’s lifetime.—
Maddie Klett,
ARTnews.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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In turn, Jod destroyed the Supervisor, shutting down the safety droids and causing a blackout in the city.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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This year, however, will be a much more muted affair, as the Palisades and Eaton Fires have destroyed thousands of homes, killed 25 people and forced more than 150,000 residents to evacuate.—
Ethan Millman,
Rolling Stone,
15 Jan. 2025
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Convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer and civil disorder.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Riddle, though, worried about the message the executive action sends to those convicted of assaulting police officers.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Spencer took issue with revisionists who glossed over parts of Reagan’s record — raising taxes, increasing the size of the federal government, signing a law that gave amnesty to millions of immigrants in the U.S. illegally — that contravened the Reagan myth.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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For example, the Times' flawed analysis leads its readers to believe that Israel's loosening of its rules of engagement after Oct. 7 contravenes the norms of war.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
6 Jan. 2025
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On the deepest level, Schulman felt himself to be defiled and ridiculed by his participation in the whole process, the butt of a joke perpetrated by the too-clever Talmudists seeking to one-up each other with preposterous possibilities, having their fun at Schulman’s expense.—
Tova Reich,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2024
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Naresh Bhatt was indicted Monday morning by a grand jury in Prince William County on two new charges − first-degree murder and physically defiling a dead body − after his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt, disappeared this summer, Manassas Park Police Chief Mario Lugo announced Monday.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
3 Dec. 2024
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“Violate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violate. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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