surrender
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Only two Confederates were tried, convicted and executed for war crimes after the 1865 surrender at Appomattox.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
It also plans to surrender its interest in Energas and to seek a dissolution of the venture agreement, and to surrender its interests in the production-sharing contracts and a drilling-services contract.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
“To surrender isn’t an option for Cuba,” Díaz-Canel said in January.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Ukrainian marine Yaroslav Rumyantsev was taken prisoner in Mariupol in May 2022 when, after one of the fiercest battles of the war, troops holed up in the Azovstal plant were forced to surrender.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
I must have given him a devil’s glare because he raised his hands in surrender and went back to rousing the fainted Bactrian camel.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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