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violate

[vahy-uh-layt] / ˈvaɪ əˌleɪt /




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The lack of enforcement power by the Southern Section only leads to coaches continuing to violate the rules.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Though undisclosed ads violate community guidelines on TikTok, Meta Platforms and YouTube—as well as Federal Trade Commission rules—the ecosystem is flourishing on each platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Failure to adequately police money laundering could violate federal laws about money laundering, illicit transmission and possibly bank fraud, former federal prosecutors said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Some commenters rushed to Ware’s defense, airing their own frustrations and experiences with people who violate an unwritten but sacrosanct rule among serious filmgoers: Phones need to be silenced and stay off during a movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

I consider asking Mr. Brademas to lock the library doors from the outside, but that might violate the fire code.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Despite all the public discourse around loneliness and the need to connect, the cold call violates some of the communication norms we’ve spent decades developing.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The organisation, which wants an end to IPPs, said the sentence "violates serious human rights".

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The US Treasury did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the new $1 coin violates that law.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

In the end, the high court’s directions did not change Hittner’s determination that the law violates the 1st and 14th amendments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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

But all of this is uncharted territory for Congress, as Briffault explained: “The problem is, the laws have never been significantly enforced because they’ve never been violated in such an egregious way,” he said.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

On Wednesday Poland also said a Russian military helicopter briefly violated its airspace, forcing it to scramble fighter jets.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Before transferring to Miami, Mensah settled a lawsuit from Duke alleging he violated an NIL contract when he sought to leave the school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Travis County District Attorney’s office said the shooting may have violated state law and requested access to evidence for local investigators and the Austin Police Department.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

“You violated the terms of our peace agreement,” he says gently.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

What was striking about that case was that the FTC brought it because it caught the company, then known as Facebook, violating a 2012 consent order that involved similar accusations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work," a spokesperson told the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Taliban government denies this and criticises Pakistan for violating Afghanistan's sovereignty and killing civilians.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Sources could be accused of violating censorship laws—or, worse, committing treason.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

My parental unit who is at this moment violating my personal space and reading my text over my shoulder wants me to finish homework so I GTG.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio




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