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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of renege.

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Examples

  • The label reneged on its policy, which is why today we're able to bring you OK Go's new video for "This Too Shall Pass," which features a Rube Godlberg machine that puts its predecessors to shame.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • It is alleged that his motive for flight was because the presiding judge "reneged" on the plea bargain respecting his sentence and threatened to impose a longer sentenced than agreed.

    Judge H. Lee Sarokin: The Defenses to the Polanski Arrest Are Irrelevant 2009

  • I don't think it was underhand and for that reason, I think to say he "reneged" on a promise is a bit harsh, especially how soon into the SNP administration we are.

    Alex Salmond is a genius Jeff 2007

  • Then, when the movement "reneged" on a deal they'd never agreed to, the white press would pound them for being untrustworthy.

    The bailout agreement. Ann Althouse 2008

  • After Katrina, he contends, some modelers and their clients "reneged" on promises to stick with the long-term models.

    Insurers Criticized 2008

  • Blair hasn't "reneged", He is THE victim of Browns's September 06 Coup.

    Six Weeks of Whitehall Paralysis Ahead 2007

  • Oba, during his comments, complained that the mayor had "reneged" on some of his promises and, looking directly at Luken, concluded, "You're a reneger."

    Council Fails To Deal With Crime Nathaniel Livingston 2004

  • KING: And we kind of reneged in Afghanistan -- you think that's part of the 9/11 preamble?

    CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2003 2003

  • Prof Smith said the SRC had "reneged" on an agreement reached in January to resolve the problem.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • A statement from the Azanian People's Organisation said those sections of the media who had "reneged" on the journalistic ethic of reporting fairly would be to blame for hostile attitudes from disenfranchised South Africans.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

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