renege
Example Sentences
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Moller-Maersk and its California-based affiliates reneged on the deal “after not being able to live up to their own sales targets for electric capacity.”
"Are you going to renege on filling that hole and fiscal responsibility?" she told the BBC's Today programme.
From BBC
Congress created those visas to ensure immigrant victims would report crimes to law enforcement and be safe, but lawyers for the victims argue the administration has reneged on those promises.
From Los Angeles Times
Israel accuses Hamas of reneging on the deal by not returning them quickly enough, but the Palestinian group says it will take time to locate remains buried in Gaza's ruins.
From Barron's
An employer might renege on a job offer; an employee might simply not turn up.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
