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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
Bell has only ruled on an injunction, not on the merits of the plaintiffs’ broader assertion that NASCAR has violated antitrust law.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The suggestions followed a federal judge’s landmark decision in August that found the Silicon Valley company had violated antitrust laws.
—David McCabe, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
The lawsuit alleges the restaurant violated the Texas Dram Shop Act by failing to uphold its staff to safely sell alcoholic beverages.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Faced with community complaints, Mayor Karen Bass retools her affordable housing strategy
July 6, 2024
This summer, low-income housing advocates sued the city alleging that Feldstein Soto and Park, with the tacit support of Bass, violated fair housing laws by slow-walking the project.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The suggestions followed a federal judge’s landmark decision in August that found the Silicon Valley company had violated antitrust laws.
—David McCabe, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
The lawsuit alleges the restaurant violated the Texas Dram Shop Act by failing to uphold its staff to safely sell alcoholic beverages.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Faced with community complaints, Mayor Karen Bass retools her affordable housing strategy
July 6, 2024
This summer, low-income housing advocates sued the city alleging that Feldstein Soto and Park, with the tacit support of Bass, violated fair housing laws by slow-walking the project.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Kardashian most recently made headlines after attending the opening of SKIMS on 5th Avenue in New York City on Thursday, December 12 on a scooter after breaking her foot.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Brian says Evan’s death broke Sam, who was in the med tent with a knee injury the night of the attack.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Built between 1163 and 1345, the Catholic cathedral had been desecrated once before, in 1789 during the French Revolution, and restored in the 19th century under the aegis of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Taken at its word, the rest of the story (which unfolds six years later) is set in 2024 but opens with Deadpool desecrating Wolverine’s shallow grave from the end of Logan.Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 26 July 2024
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What To Know In a civil suit filed in a New York federal court on December 8, an anonymous plaintiff alleged that she was raped at the age of 13 while attending an afterparty following the MTV Video Music Awards in New York City on September 7, 2000.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Mangum later claimed that she was raped by several attendees, including university students.The Editors, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024
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Prosecutors accused Greene of conspiring with the Oath Keepers in breaching the U.S. Capitol, a claim Greene denied during his trial.Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
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Offshore, gray whales breach in winter and blue whales glide through in summer, turning the sea into a stage for nature’s greatest performances.Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
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Shacks and buildings were left completely destroyed when the cyclone struck the nation hampered by poverty.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, almost 20 American naval vessels and more than 300 airplanes were destroyed or damaged.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Landry is accused of assaulting and shooting the man who was in the home with the woman before leaving Fort Eisenhower.Alexx Altman-Devilbiss, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
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On one night, the dorm becomes the site of a massacre, with players violently assaulting each other while the guards deliberately flashed the lights on and off.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 20 Dec. 2024
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Will the new code of conduct also include sanctions for those who contravene it?K.J. Yossman, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
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This was all destroyed, but weapons inspectors have since found evidence that contravenes the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention supervised by the OPCW.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Naresh Bhatt, 37, was indicted by a grand jury on the charges of murder and physically defiling a dead body.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Naresh Bhatt, 37, of Manassas Park, Va., was indicted on charges of murder and defiling a dead body more than four months after his wife disappeared and blood was found in their home, according to court documents.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Violate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violate. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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