surrender
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Pausing such operations long enough to reassess protocols was not surrender.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Schiaparelli's creative director Daniel Roseberry's haute couture collection for Autumn/Winter 2026-2027 was entitled The Call of the Void, which he says was "a total surrender to an unknown creative process".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
That so many Americans refuse to surrender those ideals is what causes the pushback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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
Unfortunately, fighting in the Philippines would continue for several more months after the Battle of Manila; Japan would not surrender until September 2, 1945.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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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
He says that the war will end only when all hostages are returned and Hamas surrenders.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
There’s more beauty and fascination in an imperfect film that surrenders to its flaws, urging its artists to build around them.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 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
Society has slowly surrendered all that as it has retreated into tribes, bubbles and screens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Jenna is so used to every move being recorded at this point that she seems to have surrendered herself to the adoration of Jenna Fox.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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In contrast, Ulysses S. Grant illustrates a more-challenging leadership path, namely reconciliation without surrendering principle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 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
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
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
“Promise me that if you ever feel like surrendering, you’ll tell me.”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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