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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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Legal scholars have debated whether surrogates should pay legal damages if they fail to honor a contractual abortion provision, surrender payments remaining on the contract, or even pay back money they already received.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

The Sheriff’s Department dispatched a team of specialized crisis negotiators who attempted to negotiate his surrender, but the man refused to exit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Japan occupied all of Korea before its 1945 surrender in the Second World War, after which the peninsula was divided into separate states along the 38th parallel.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Yet the old lions refuse to surrender to the cubs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

In any age or country, people do not easily surrender wealth and power.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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

Don’t miss: Tesla’s stock surrenders gains after earnings.

From MarketWatch Apr. 23, 2026

Rather than transcending expectations, “Dangerous Animals” surrenders to them.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2025

Harket, 65, said he had "no problem accepting the diagnosis", adding: "With time, I've taken to heart my 94-year-old father's attitude to the way the organism gradually surrenders: 'I use whatever works'."

From BBC Jun. 4, 2025

This astonishing show of might among the Allies is the beginning of the end for Germany and Japan, though a year will pass before there are any more surrenders.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The Cruz de Ferro, where pilgrims leave stones they’ve carried from home, a mountain of burdens surrendered under an iron cross.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

He was among thousands of insurgents who surrendered in late 2001 as a US-led coalition ousted the group.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Arthur Andersen surrendered its CPA license, effectively putting the firm out of business in 2002, although the Supreme Court later overturned the conviction.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

The league has surrendered the most potent weapon at its disposal: reality.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

They surrendered their phones and were given laminated high-security clearance badges on lanyards.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Datamaxxers are getting a DIY head start, although some worry about surrendering too much of their privacy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

They included General Dietrich von Choltitz, the last Nazi commander in Paris, who arrived in late August 1944 after defying Hitler and surrendering the city.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

The job has to measure up to the trade-off of precious time he’s surrendering.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 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

Though his house was under attack, he lay down, knowing something would awaken him soon enough, and so, surrendering for now, he fell into a shallow sleep.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers




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