How to Use renege in a Sentence

renege

verb
Definition of renegenext
Synonyms for renegenext
  • They had promised to pay her tuition but later reneged.
  • Weiss didn't renege on the deal as Biden's lawyers claim.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Macron and Merkel will try to persuade Trump not to renege on the deal.
    — Laura King, The Seattle Times, 22 Apr. 2018
  • His club at the time, Newell's Old Boys, promised to pay, only to renege on that pledge.
    — SI.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • So Morris reneged on his commitment to the Spurs and signed with the Knicks.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2019
  • Teams won’t have to worry about prospects reneging on their pledges.
    — David Wilson Diehards, ajc, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Restoration activists lived up to their part of the bargain, but the city reneged.
    — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 11 July 2018
  • To the contrary, the entire court agreed that Congress has the power to renege on treaties.
    — WSJ, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The anger isn’t just about failing to add a player who reneged on a promise.
    — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • And Trump would know that Trump is prone to reneging on contracts and could take back part, or all, of that carrot.
    — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2018
  • When the government reneged, the fund pulled the plug and the country defaulted.
    — The Economist, 8 June 2018
  • But doing so could open the door for Mr. Kim to accuse Mr. Trump of reneging on his promises.
    — Motoko Rich, New York Times, 13 June 2018
  • And Trump’s successor might decide to renege on the deal and move troops back to South Korea.
    — Andrew Kydd, Washington Post, 7 June 2018
  • Kent paid up, but Manson reneged on his end of the deal until Kent threatened him.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2023
  • Without warning, Trump reneges on the deal, saying South Korea will have to foot the bill.
    — Charles Krauthammer, Twin Cities, 7 May 2017
  • Opinion: Arizona set aside a huge chunk of cash to find the state more water, then ignored the law to renege on that promise.
    — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2024
  • Or possibly Ferrari will simply renege on the whole idea in a year or two.
    — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Biden reneged in September and invited him to the White House.
    — Simone Lipkind, TIME, 19 June 2024
  • But the North promised to do that during the Bush Administration and reneged.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2018
  • Putting aside the fact that insurers retroactively renege on agreements to pay in the form of claim denials all the time, Clement had a point.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Twitter sued the billionaire in July over his attempt to renege on the deal.
    — Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
  • In that case, the firm also took measures designed to build a foundation to renege on the deal as Musk is alleged to have done.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2022
  • And if Tribune for some reason reneges on the deal, there's a $135.5 million payment to Sinclair.
    — The Hive, 10 July 2017
  • Sotomayor said Congress was not free to renege on a past promise to pay.
    — oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Tizon’s parents reneged on their promise to pay her for her services.
    — Vicente Rafael, The Atlantic, 31 May 2017
  • So why is Sony reneging on that 11-year-old packaging promise for Warhawk?
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2018
  • Meghan McCain said Sadler reneged on a vow to apologize.
    — Jonathan Allen /, NBC News, 31 May 2018
  • Mayor-elect Dean Trantalis said a simple vote to renege on the city’s promise to help pay for the rail system might not be the best way forward.
    — Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Israel presented a proposal for a deal in late May, only for Netanyahu to renege on some of the details more recently.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Biden even reneged on a campaign promise not to allow more oil and gas drilling on public lands, approving one of the largest oil developments in Alaska.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 5 Sep. 2024

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