were violating
- past progressive of violate.
Example Sentences
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Housing Department estimated that 7,500 short-term rentals were violating the city’s Home Sharing Ordinance, but the city only issued 300 citations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
The judge’s comments came after lawyers for the women filed court papers late Monday raising concerns that Giuliani and his lawyer were violating court orders with their comments.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Yet, despite regular warnings from some of its own employees that some transactions on Binance.com were violating anti-money-laundering laws, the firm was reluctant to cut them off.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
One book publisher was told they were violating the new law for acknowledging the basic truth that being enslaved is a terrible experience.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2023
But when I try to talk to her of my feelings, a certain shame comes over me somehow, as though I were violating something that was not my own, and then that glance...
From Virgin Soil by Townsend, R. S.
