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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infringed
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The move follows arguments from Maduro’s defense team, led by attorney Barry Pollack, that restrictions on payments violated the Sixth Amendment right to counsel by preventing him from choosing his legal representation.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026 -
The parents sued the school board and district officials in 2021, alleging that their rights to make decisions about the care and upbringing of their children were violated.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Though prices have climbed at a fast rate since the war started, there were similar market shocks in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
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Simultaneously, Israel invaded Lebanon in an operation that killed thousands, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, and displaced more than a million people, according to the United Nations.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Aimee Lou Wood will host next week, and is no doubt planning to send up the American SNL‘s sketch about her last year, which many thought breached decency standards.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
25 Apr. 2026
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If one platform gets breached, unique passwords keep the damage isolated to that one account.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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Kurtz’s attorneys argued police lacked probable cause to obtain the information and impinged on his privacy rights.—
Mark Scolforo,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Kurtz's attorneys argued police lacked probable cause to obtain the information and impinged on his privacy rights.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Red-state politicians and tea party activists protested that Common Core intruded on state control of education; the Obama administration’s support for the standards intensified that opposition.—
Steven Yoder,
States Newsroom,
20 Mar. 2026
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This is hardly the first time outside events have intruded on the industry’s biggest night.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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These include companies with a competitive moat, have strong branding and proprietary data, and are deeply entrenched within their industries.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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These surveillance tech partnerships are becoming entrenched, domestically and abroad, as advances in AI take surveillance to unprecedented levels.—
Anne Toomey McKenna,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Infringed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infringed. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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