Example Sentences

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Lenders and lawyers are also considering clauses to trigger a default, which requires immediate repayment, if a borrower is deemed to have reneged on sustainability commitments.

From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2023

Now it appears that a large part of my mother’s life insurance money has gone missing, and my aunt and uncles have reneged on their promise.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2021

Judd Legum is the investigative journalist behind Popular Information, where he keeps track of both the corporations who have reneged on their promise and the lazy excuses they produce for doing so.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2021

No other countries have reneged on the accord.

From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2017

Could the captain have reneged on her promise?

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer