reneged; reneging
reneger
noun
Examples of renege in a Sentence
They had promised to pay her tuition but later reneged.
my so-called best friend promised to help me move, only to renege come Saturday morning
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Kallas said reneging on that goes against EU treaties.
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Sam McNeil, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
Kallas said reneging on that goes against the EU treaties.
—Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Toberoff says he's never reneged on a deal and sees his work as merely enforcing rights Congress gave authors and their heirs under the copyright act.
—Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
In a time when the message from Washington is to double down on fossil fuel use, Northeast governors are reneging on climate commitments.
—Susan Moynihan, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
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Sam McNeil, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
Kallas said reneging on that goes against the EU treaties.
—Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Toberoff says he's never reneged on a deal and sees his work as merely enforcing rights Congress gave authors and their heirs under the copyright act.
—Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026
In a time when the message from Washington is to double down on fossil fuel use, Northeast governors are reneging on climate commitments.
—Susan Moynihan, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for renege
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“Renege.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renege. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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