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As the leader, Verstappen always had the advantage, but the destiny of the race was up in the air until Norris was judged to have transgressed in failing to slow for a yellow caution flag.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2024

Goodison might not be much longer for this world, with the latest suggestion being a new stadium for 2023, but for now it retains old‑fashioned menace to those who have transgressed the Evertonian code.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2019

“Well, Ah am sorry if I have transgressed here,” he responds in his languid, country lawyer style.

From Washington Times • Mar. 5, 2017

You can take another comedian’s style, delivery or even persona without any fear of a backlash, but if you tell a similarly written joke, then you might have transgressed.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2015

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy mediators have transgressed against me.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm