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violate

[vahy-uh-leyt] / ˈvaɪ əˌleɪt /




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Alice Darson, an urban planning lawyer from Paris, said the detention centre should not violate planning regulations as it falls under the category of "facilities of collective interest and public service".

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Chang said that if DSA candidates win, the group expects the city attorney’s office to go after landlords that violate rent ordinances.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The search would still violate the rights of innocent box-holders even if officers looked quickly and moved on.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

Some of the defendants—but not the Adanis—were charged with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

These connections, which drape themselves from the limbs of one tree to the limbs of another, violate the neatly nested, branch-within-branch geometry of a tree.2 I’ll call them arcs of coherence.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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