How to Use break/violate the law in a Sentence
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Harris has spent her career on the side of the people, prosecuting those who break the law.
— Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024 -
Between the lines: Not all businesses are setting out to break the law, Pedini adds.
— Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024 -
But why should anyone have to break the law to watch the Mets?
— Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 6 July 2023 -
They’re allowed to break the law or come right up to the edge of breaking the law.
— Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022 -
Doctors who break the law face fines and up to two years in prison.
— Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023 -
The money, Michel said, was his — not Low's — and the intent was not to break the law, but to secure the photo for Low.
— Robert Legare, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023 -
In fact, the city’s own chatbot is encouraging users to break the law.
— Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024 -
Moroccans who violate the law could face six months to three years in prison and a fine of up to 1000 dirhams.
— Averi Kremposky, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023 -
Some states have created strict penalties for providers who break the law.
— Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 27 June 2023 -
If the jury finds the ads did not break the law, the transactions used to move the money around would also be legal.
— Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2023 -
Burch said that his group does not encourage supporters to break the law.
— Jill Cowan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023 -
But you are not allowed to violate campus rules and policies and break the law.
— ABC News, 5 May 2024 -
And federal courts have repeatedly ruled that the grants did not break the law.
— Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023 -
Those who violate the law face a misdemeanor that can be punished with up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine.
— Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024 -
Youth in Crisis: Maine hoped to be in the vanguard of a movement to transform how governments deal with teenagers who break the law.
— Dave Philipps, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024 -
Youth in Crisis: Maine hoped to be in the vanguard of a movement to transform how governments deal with teenagers who break the law.
— Callie Ferguson Ashley L. Conti, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Those who violate the law face a misdemeanor charge punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
— Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024 -
Did Justin Bibb, the Cleveland Mayor break the law with his selections for the new police commiss?
— Laura Johnston, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022 -
Criminal law exists to punish people who choose to break the law, not for conduct that is not a choice.
— Erwin Chemerinsky, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024 -
True, there will be wartime actors who break the law, and civilians will continue to suffer as a result.
— Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024 -
Statistically, the most likely to violate the law are drivers in the 20 to 40 age group.
— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024 -
Defense lawyers said the doctors only wanted to help save lives during the war and that the undercover agent coerced them to break the law.
— CBS News, 2 June 2023 -
Cammack, however, said Paxton never asked him to break the law.
— Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023 -
At the city council meeting April 24, Ouellette told commissioners that Hvegholm didn’t pose a threat or break the law.
— Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 1 May 2023 -
The former president asked the Brooks to violate the law in an effort to overturn the 2020 election, according to Brooks.
— Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 27 July 2023 -
Businesses that violate the law can be fined, among other things.
— Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2023 -
Doctors who break the law would not be charged with a crime, but could be disciplined by a regulatory board.
— Adam Beam, Star Tribune, 15 Jan. 2021 -
Now, some of the same judges who had asked him to break the law were dismissing him for what struck him as comparatively small-scale misconduct.
— Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023 -
Did Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb break the law with his selections for the new police commission?
— Laura Johnston, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022 -
The Texas law threatens physicians who violate the law in treating their patients with the loss of their medical license.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
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