surrender
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Pausing such operations long enough to reassess protocols was not surrender.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Sources familiar with the operation but not authorized to speak publicly said U.S. federal agents had been in contact with Guzmán López, and were pressuring him to surrender.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Both Mr. Trump and the Iranian regime may be taking their cues from John Paul Jones’s response when asked if he was ready to surrender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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
Most mornings they’d argue for a few minutes, then Tyler would surrender his pencil, his shoulders slumping as he pulled on his boots and welding gloves.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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
He says that the war will end only when all hostages are returned and Hamas surrenders.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
Eventually, the U.S. surrenders after a German nuclear attack; and America is occupied by Nazi Germany along the eastern seaboard and Japan on the West Coast, with a pseudo-independent Vichy regime in the Rockies.
From Salon ● May 17, 2025
The woman kisses the child good-bye and surrenders him to my mother; then she bolts off, running on the cemented stretches in the park.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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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
And Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto wrapped up his first-half campaign with his highest-scoring start of the season; he surrendered six runs in six innings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
This match looked like a romp for Noskova until going sideways in the second set, when the 21-year-old Czech wobbled and surrendered five championship points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
At the ticket counter, he surrendered his wallet and was frisked for any other possessions.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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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
The broader market cheered the sharp retreat in oil prices, with crude surrendering most of the gains triggered by the Iran war and approaching prewar levels.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
After missing out on six World Cups in a row, and maybe surrendering to fatalism along the way, game day is upon us here in the United States.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
For Kim, it means securing economic benefits that only China can offer, without surrendering his nuclear weapons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Finally, on August 15, Emperor Hirohito spoke over the radio to the Japanese people, telling them that Japan was surrendering.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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