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    renege

    US /rɪˈnɪɡ,-ˈnɛɡ,-ˈniɡ/

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    UK /rɪˈni:g/

    C1
    v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To go back on a promise
    The government reneged on their promise to give more funding to inner city schools

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    Can Trump win a trade war with China? - BBC World Service

    16:29Can Trump win a trade war with China? - BBC World Service
    • Now, you could argue whether China didn't renege on those terms of that deal, it might well have done.

      Now, you could argue whether China didn't renege on those terms of that deal, it might well have done.

    • Now, you could argue whether China didn't renege on the terms of that deal.

      Now, you could argue whether China didn't renege on the terms of that deal.

    B1

    Macau Vs. Hong Kong: Top 5 Differences | China Uncensored

    05:47Macau Vs. Hong Kong: Top 5 Differences | China Uncensored
    • Unsurprisingly, since 1997, the Communist Party has been working hard to renege on that promise.

      Unsurprisingly, since 1997, the Communist Party has been working hard to renege on that promise.

    • the Communist Party has been working hard to renege on that promise.

      the Communist Party has been working hard to renege on that promise.

    B1

    European leaders condemn US President Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland | BBC News

    08:28European leaders condemn US President Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland | BBC News
    • So even if these threats don't go ahead, of course means that we now have to question the legitimacy of these deals and the sustainability of these deals because it's become increasingly clear that the President will renege on them if something important to him rises up the agenda.

      So even if these threats don't go ahead, of course means that we now have to question the legitimacy of these deals and the sustainability of these deals because it's become increasingly clear that the President will renege on them if something important to him rises up the agenda.

    • So even if these threats don't go ahead, it, of course, means that we now have to question, uh, the legitimacy of these deals and the sustainability of these deals because it's become increasingly clear that the president will renege on them if something important to him rises up the agenda.

      So even if these threats don't go ahead, it, of course, means that we now have to question, uh, the legitimacy of these deals and the sustainability of these deals because it's become increasingly clear that the president will renege on them if something important to him rises up the agenda.

    B1

    Fareed’s take: What the Gaza ceasefire reveals about the new Middle East

    05:38Fareed’s take: What the Gaza ceasefire reveals about the new Middle East
    • and it may break down or get stuck if the parties renege on their commitments.

      and it may break down or get stuck if the parties renege on their commitments.

    • it may break down or get stuck if the parties renege on their commitments.

      it may break down or get stuck if the parties renege on their commitments.

    B1

    ハーバードの教授だけど「イラン戦争」について質問ある? | Tech Support | WIRED Japan

    21:01ハーバードの教授だけど「イラン戦争」について質問ある? | Tech Support | WIRED Japan
    • they insisted that any deal that they made, they wanted guarantees that no future president could renege on it the same way that President Trump had reneged on the 2015 deal.

      they insisted that any deal that they made, they wanted guarantees that no future president could renege on it the same way that President Trump had reneged on the 2015 deal.

    B1