violate

Example Sentences

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DiNanno said the Chinese military “sought to conceal testing by obfuscating the nuclear explosions because it recognized these tests violate test ban commitments.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Judges, meanwhile, are openly complaining that filings are late, orders are ignored and basic constitutional requirements are being violated.

From Salon

This was over his ownership of shares in a small publishing company, which was judged to violate rules against politicians controlling news media.

From BBC

An earlier editorial, published a day after Beijing announced the probes, said their actions "seriously undermined and violated the system of responsibility of the CMC chairman", Xi.

From Barron's

A Brentwood couple is suing the city of Los Angeles and Mayor Karen Bass, claiming their constitutional rights were violated when city officials blocked them from demolishing the home where Marilyn Monroe died in 1962.

From Los Angeles Times