contravened

past tense of contravene

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Recent Examples of contravened Villa contravened these restrictions last season, time and time again. Phil Hay, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • Days later, on September 13, Russian drones violated Romanian airspace, prompting Bucharest to scramble fighter jets.
    Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In another lawsuit, lawyers argue that the First Amendment rights of detainees are being violated because attorneys face challenges in meeting with their clients at the site.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After coming back from a 3-0 deficit in the 2004 American League Championship Series, the Red Sox not only broke their World Series curse that year, but went on to defeat the Yankees in the teams' next two postseason battles in 2018 and 2021.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As the circle closed in, the pig faked right and broke left, making a mad dash for the nearby woods (Jonathan Taylor, watch your back).
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Contravened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contravened. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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