Sentence examples for reneged from inspiring English sources

Rather than split Cameron's vote, some disaffected Tories reneged on their threat to vote Ukip and stayed at home.

It also reneged on demands for a write down of its monumental debt – at over 175% of GDP one of the largest in the world – and conceded that it would not take any unilateral measures that would wreak havoc on its fiscal stability.

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They claim that Beijing reneged on an agreement to grant them open elections by 2017, and demand "true universal suffrage".

But it seems only a matter of time, not least because the old PDS and then Die Linke, when in power, has usually reneged on its radical promises.

They didn't have to compromise with anybody, they just reneged on their promises".

It wasn't a dispute about who was the better leader, or whether it was time for generational change or whether the incumbent had reneged on a deal to hand over to the impatient aspirant.

Osborne said that if an independent Scotland reneged on its share of the UK national debt, that would be seen as a "hostile" act.

The fact the Lib Dems reneged on a promise not to increase tuition fees doesn't seem to register.

Looming in the background is the precedent of North Korea, which agreed on a disarmament deal with America in 2005, then reneged on it and has now become a nuclear power.Go after their walletsMr Obama's terms therefore should be both clear and tough and focus on denying Iran the possibility of a swift "breakout" to unveiling a bomb.

Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, reneged on his promise as the Palestinians understood it to free the fourth and last batch of two dozen long-serving Palestinian prisoners by the end of March.