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violate

[vahy-uh-leyt] / ˈvaɪ əˌleɪt /




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Ultra-Orthodox Jews approached at the protest declined to speak to journalists, saying that doing so would violate Shabbat.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

According to interviews and internal emails reviewed by ProPublica, career staffers at the Justice Department warned that transferring voter rolls to HSI to enable it to search for noncitizen voters could violate federal privacy laws.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Critics say they violate privacy rights, citing incidents where officers have allegedly used Flock’s cameras for stalking.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The team also found that the photons displayed correlations that violate Bell's inequality.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

As his synagogue grew from 180 members to nearly 1,200 wine-seeking members in a year, Gardner exclaimed, “They kept calling for wine, wine, and more wine. I refused to violate the law to please them.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

When Teng feels that including a photo of dead children violates their dignity, Perlmutter chides her, insisting that their obligation is to show Americans what their tax dollars are funding.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The online retailer said it takes measures to remove content that violates its guidelines.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Now, there is a question of whether that law violates the Kentucky Constitution, the United States Constitution, or both constitutions.

From Slate Aug. 1, 2026

Rather than asking whether terraforming violates the laws of physics, researchers believe the more important questions are whether humanity should pursue it and what the safest path would look like.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Hopkins, the Supreme Court had recognized that racially selective enforcement violates equal protection of the laws.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

In his separation agreement, Kubasik didn’t admit he violated policy or that there was a cause for termination.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

The Lakers informed Leonard’s representatives that those requests violated the NBA collective bargaining agreement and Leonard eventually signed with the Clippers, where he played the past seven seasons.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

The Center for Biological Diversity has sued the government to block the project, alleging the waivers violated the Constitution.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Qatar's foreign affairs spokesperson Majed Mohammed Al Ansari said contact had been made with the pilots "after they violated Qatari airspace", but it did not receive a response.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit claiming the study violated the boys’ civil rights and breached confidentiality of doctor-patient relationships by releasing results to state and juvenile courts.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

“The risk-taking can be happening in secret, and that gets into violating trust and financial infidelity,” Taylor warned.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Nicholas Bednar and Max Sarinsky, came up with a few solutions that Congress could legislate without violating Slaughter, and I do think it’s worth lifting those up.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

A federal judge in Boston on Thursday dismissed the federal government’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard University, finding the college isn’t presently violating civil-rights law.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Spotify pulled the track down for violating its restrictions around AI-generated music.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

This was the first time in my life that I had ever consciously entertained the idea of violating the laws of the land.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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