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was reneged
verb
To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word.
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Supporters of Mr. Pollard argue that a deal under which he was to have received a lesser sentence was reneged on.
Money sent in by members of the GLSEN Greater Cincinnati chapter, who marched in the parade last year, was returned and the group's invitation was reneged.
Then, according to Amanda, that plan was reneged on at the last minute, causing the YoPro company to lose a whole bunch of money.
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In short order, however, Iraq was reneging on its promises and throwing up hurdles to inspections.
In their minds, he was reneging on his duty to provide for his family.
Anna Soubry, an outspoken remainer, said May was "reneging on everything" that had previously been agreed.
She also disputed some reports that NBC was reneging on a deal.
In this economic time, how could you possibly take a pension away?" Someone else in the audience said Rhode Island was reneging on a moral obligation.
Journalists travelling with the group said the President was reneging on promises before the summit to grant free access to foreign media.
Pro-British Unionists' complaints that the I.R.A. was reneging on its promise to dispose of its arsenal have been a key stumbling block in Northern Ireland's peace effort.
But that effort met with an outcry from some Washington regulators and consumer advocates, who said that AT&T was reneging on a pledge to reduce those rates.
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