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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of contravene.

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Examples

  • The following day, the Security Council President issued a press statement declaring the Iraqi decision "totally unacceptable," noting that it "contravened" relevant Security Council resolutions.

    Text Of A Letter To Congress To Report On Iraq Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1998

  • England, and for a time to intermit the exercise of his own religion should any disputes arise; and he engaged that neither he nor his attendants should in any manner contravene, or give countenance to such as contravened, the established religion of the country.

    Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

  • A memo from March 1988 revealed the project was to be ditched because it "contravened" statements from ministers saying UFOs did not pose a threat to the UK.

    unknown title 2009

  • "contravened" statements from ministers saying UFOs did not post a threat to the UK and that resources would not be diverted to investigate incidents.

    Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009

  • "Temasek is disappointed that its application for Civil Review has been rejected as it has not contravened Indonesia's antimonopoly laws," Goh Yong Siang , Temasek's senior managing director of strategic relations, said in a statement.

    Indonesia Fines Temasek $1.7 Million P.R. Venkat 2011

  • The budget minister in the Gbagbo administration, Katinan Kone , condemned the bank closures as "illegal" and said the move "contravened the banking code and the bank's public service mission".

    BNP, Others Suspend Ivory Coast Operations Amy Or 2011

  • And I had done more than question—I had just contravened the word.

    Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011

  • The agency argued that the EU emissions plan contravened the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and relevant rules of the U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization, Xinhua reported.

    China Carriers Won't Pay Fees For Emissions Andrew Galbraith 2012

  • Last week, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg rejected a petition by a group of U.S. airlines that argued the plan to impose the scheme on non-European airlines contravened international law and impinged on the sovereignty of other nations.

    Toni Johnson: The Debate Over Aviation Emissions Toni Johnson 2011

  • Last week, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg rejected a petition by a group of U.S. airlines that argued the plan to impose the scheme on non-European airlines contravened international law and impinged on the sovereignty of other nations.

    Toni Johnson: The Debate Over Aviation Emissions Toni Johnson 2011

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