surrender
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Pausing such operations long enough to reassess protocols was not surrender.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ai Rahmayanti, the head of the independent rights body Indonesian Commission for Child Protection, noted that "the state has not built the capacity to provide safe spaces or services" to surrender unwanted children.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Leader Naim Qassem said on Saturday that the group would treat the deal as "null and void" and described it as "a surrender of sovereignty".
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
It’s like you always have to surrender yourself to each moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Grady raises both hands in a gesture of surrender.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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But last December’s decision to license H200 sales surrenders that lead.
From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026
District Judge Margaret Garnett released Van Dyke while he awaits trial, on conditions including that he surrenders his passport and any firearms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Rather than transcending expectations, “Dangerous Animals” surrenders to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
And it proceeds in an escalating cycle of tit-for-tat moves until one of the parties involved surrenders.
From Salon ● May 20, 2025
She raises the cane over her head once more, but this time the squirrel surrenders.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
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Dodgers starting pitcher Eric Lauer, who had already given up a two-run home run to Alec Bohm in the first inning, surrendered a solo shot to Bryan De La Cruz to lead off the fifth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
In Popular Constitutionalism, Kramer describes this tradition as one that “we seem to have lost, or surrendered, today.”
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Despite being fit enough to play, the Arsenal winger remained an unused substitute as Thomas Tuchel's side surrendered a 1-0 lead in the closing stages to lose 2-1 to holders Argentina.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Society has slowly surrendered all that as it has retreated into tribes, bubbles and screens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
I was drinking it when I heard the radio broadcast that the Dutch had surrendered.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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If regulators in another country demand access to the company’s source code as a condition of market access, the company faces a choice between surrendering valuable intellectual property or walking away from the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
If every click to enable an app or service amounted to surrendering Fourth Amendment protection, constitutional privacy would steadily evaporate as technology became more sophisticated.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
Except Ilicali appears to have played his hand a little early, surrendering some of his bargaining power by openly admitting a clock is ticking.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Wrobleski recorded a ninth strikeout, for the second out of the sixth, before surrendering a hit.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
I thought I could see her kicking at the bleached, known stones; the hard southern light surrendering to her boyish straightness; those clear green eyes, leveling on the rim of the arched sea.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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