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violate

[vahy-uh-layt] / ˈvaɪ əˌleɪt /




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District Judge David O. Carter ruled that the administration’s allegations were “not credible” and that the intervention it sought would violate a host of federal laws.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Card companies are clamping down on so-called gamers who they say cross the line and violate their rules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Selling his only home does not automatically violate the Medicaid five-year lookback rule, provided he sold it for fair market value, and neither does paying his own debts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Yandex has said the use of its cloud services for "large-scale manipulation on social media, spam and other improper activities" are against its rules and that accounts which violate this are blocked.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

I can see, for instance, how she might have felt I had been the one to first violate an understanding, and that her little dig had just been a retaliation.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Supporters of extending the programme to those with mental illness alone argue that not doing so violates their constitutional rights and access to healthcare.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Zoe nearly destroys Rushville to save herself, while John almost violates his principles to seize the ring from Hal, per the Guardians’ orders, and take out Zoe.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Now sending Muse to Amazon triggers the admonition, “Continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon’s Conditions of Use, to which our customers have agreed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Hadley wanted to remind potential jumpers that the act of leaping from the cliffs violates a San Diego municipal code and could result in fines of $100 or more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

I wish that those Seenicruisers would be discontinued; it would seem to me that their height violates some interstate highway statute regarding clearance in tunnels and so forth.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Seoul's National Security Office, meanwhile, said the launches violated UN Security Council resolutions, labelling them "serious acts that do nothing to help manage the current situation".

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

In a video Waltz posted online Tuesday, Tur de la Concepcion is seen smacking the cellphone recording him and saying, “he violated my personal space.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The state is asking the court to find that Chiquite Canyon’s operators violated several Hazardous Waste Control Laws, which would open them to civil penalties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The owners of the rights to music by Elvis Presley have sued artificial intelligence company Anthropic, claiming in court that the company violated copyright law by using Elvis music to train its AI model Claude.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

But it seemed as if he had violated some sacred public trust.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

Iran threatened legal action against South Korea’s Sinokor for allegedly violating its rules for transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The same was done on the Weibo app, with a notice stating that "the user has been banned from following due to violating laws or the Weibo Community Convention".

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

It argued that Alaska somehow was violating federal law when it allowed a second candidate named Dan Sullivan to run against the incumbent with the same name and Democrat Mary Peltola.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

“At the same time, emotional expression needs to be paired with responsibility—children should learn that having strong emotions is okay, but hurting others or violating someone’s boundaries is not.”

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

It was a dangerous way to live, far more dangerous than violating laws or ethical codes of conduct; but the danger was for me and me alone.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright


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