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as in to break
to fail to keep
you've violated the company's rule against smoking within 30 feet of the building
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as in to desecrate
to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect
the invaders violated the temple by using it to stable their horses
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Recent Examples of violate
This follows the pre-race inspection at Talladega Superspeedway last weekend, where both cars violated regulations to their rear bumper covers.
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Online court records show charges were dismissed against one of them this month and another pleaded guilty in September to a reduced count of misdemeanor violating laws governing a penal institution and was assessed a $250 fine.
—Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
By not releasing the funds, Jackson and other attorneys general allege AmeriCorps violated the Administrative Procedures Act and the Constitution by not administering funds that were already appropriated.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
Four law firms have sued the Trump administration after they were targeted for their past work, with each firm arguing the Trump administration unlawfully retaliated against them and violated their First Amendment rights.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Online court records show charges were dismissed against one of them this month and another pleaded guilty in September to a reduced count of misdemeanor violating laws governing a penal institution and was assessed a $250 fine.
—Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
By not releasing the funds, Jackson and other attorneys general allege AmeriCorps violated the Administrative Procedures Act and the Constitution by not administering funds that were already appropriated.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
Four law firms have sued the Trump administration after they were targeted for their past work, with each firm arguing the Trump administration unlawfully retaliated against them and violated their First Amendment rights.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for violate
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But Sentry breaks free from her control and then, fueled by Bob's repressed emotions, transforms into a shadowy figure called The Void, putting New York City and our heroes in dire straits.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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The world’s best reeled off 17 points in a row against Gauff to lead 4-1 in the first set, but the second proved a classic battle of willpower with the American going 5-3 up before her opponent finally broke at the fifth time of asking.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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The audit also noted a Jewish cemetery in Waterbury that was vandalized with more than 12 gravestones desecrated.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
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Fernandez was charged with first-degree murder, desecrating human remains and multiple weapons crimes.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Brueckner, who was convicted in 2019 for raping a 72-year-old woman, has denied any involvement with the missing toddler.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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Another claimed that Brand raped her in 2012 in his L.A. home, according to the Sunday Times.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
2 May 2025
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The parties agreed to those terms and the reporters then breached that agreement.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 May 2025
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In 2022, the biological barrier at the Darién Gap was breached.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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To allow these courts to be destroyed to make pickleball courts is just wrong.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2025
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How choice destroyed the milk industry But milk’s bursts in popularity have been conspicuously conditional, ebbing and flowing with the economy and government support.—
HubSpot,
HubSpot,
2 May 2025
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According to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Brittany Walker and Samuel Payton allegedly assaulted the victim, a 44-year-old man who uses a wheelchair, in a Detroit apartment on Jan. 29, FOX 2 Detroit reported.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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After speaking to witnesses and reviewing video surveillance, investigators found that three men allegedly assaulted the cab driver and stole his personal belongings after refusing to pay their fare, Podgorski said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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But this may contravene what’s going on in Washington.—
Ali Martin,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 Apr. 2025
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The suit says Peter Marocco, an acting official at the U.S. Agency for International Development, appointed himself in charge, contravening requirements the IAF’s leader be Senate-confirmed.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
18 Mar. 2025
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The sacred plant, long defiled, heralded, as in the time of the Inca and all the ancient civilizations of the Andes, as a gift of the gods.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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In the Parsi tradition, the bones are left there to gradually disintegrate over time, completing the return to nature without defiling the earth.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Violate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violate. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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