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- verb Present participle of
renege .
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Examples
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The holder of the five of trumps, the knave of trumps, or the ace of hearts, enjoys the privilege of not being obliged to play them when a trump is led; but this privilege (which is called reneging) only holds when the trump led is a lower one.
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Lenihan said in parliament on Jan. 27 that the idea of reneging on senior bank bonds is akin to "torching" a house, as neighbors, in the shape of depositors, would also flee.
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During a debate with party spokesman Pearse Doherty on Feb. 7, Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said the government is pressing for a "substantial discount" on 20 billion euros of unsecured senior bank bonds, less than two weeks after he said in parliament that the idea of reneging on senior bank bonds is akin to "torching" a house.
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I can assure her that my British ancestors had no part in the "reneging", if such it was.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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No doubt Gore is now using his "elder statesman" role to fight global warming -- but the Clinton-Gore administration was lackluster in responding to this climate crisis, such as reneging on their pledge to shut down an incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio.
Paul Hogarth: Pelosi Passes the Buck; Gore Let Off the Hook at Netroots Nation 2008
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I can assure her that my British ancestors had no part in the "reneging", if such it was.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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As they have not yet abandoned the notion of reforming the AMT, you can't possible characterize this as "reneging" on the promise.
Do I still love the new Democratic Congress? Ann Althouse 2007
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Instead he claimed, the department was "reneging" on its promises and was now only willing to upgrade interpreters at entry level and at the top end of the scale.
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The document more closely reflects the views of Obasanjo, who criticized Northern nations Wednesday for "reneging" on promises of economic aid and debt relief, but called on poor countries to
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True to form, CT AG Blumenthal is once again indulging in self-serving publicity at the expense of the truth and his constituents - touting a subpoena on television and telling whoppers about craigslist "reneging" on promises - even before craigslist had been served with a subpoena.
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