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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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He demanded that Lobo surrender his properties and run a sugar plant owned by the state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Also look into any surrender charges if you need more than 10%, and see for yourself how reliable the insurer offering the annuity is, experts said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

That requires leaders willing to place constitutional responsibility above political convenience, institutions prepared to exercise meaningful oversight, and citizens who refuse to surrender their judgment to the most compelling voice in the room.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

On Thursday, he was granted $10,000 bail, ordered not to contact or post about his accuser, and to surrender his passport.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Nesson advised his client to surrender to authorities.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

After a while, a receptive listener abandons the attempt to make sense out of where the music might be “going” and simply surrenders to the sounding moment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

But as soon as she surrenders into custody, the rumination would halt.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

But last December’s decision to license H200 sales surrenders that lead.

From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026

The animals are also trained to come away when told and to leave anyone who surrenders.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025

Berlin surrenders; Goring surrenders; the great mysterious vault of Nazism falls open.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Diana and Jerry Green returned to Massachusetts and surrendered themselves to the court.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

A Justice Department spokeswoman said Lucas surrendered to authorities Thursday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

After a few weeks of this, I surrendered.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

One of his victims told the BBC she had assumed his passport would automatically be surrendered after he was charged and said she was "so disappointed in the law."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

By 1944, Italy—one of the three Axis powers—has surrendered, but Germany has proven much more formidable.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

However, the deadline has passed without the senator surrendering the passports, prompting speculation he may have left the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Instead of surrendering to sticker shock, people are finding ways to gamify their daily expenses, hunt down hidden perks and even double down on their goals for the future.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Detroit’s defense is a problem, especially the secondary, and the Lions are surrendering almost 32 points per game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

She can become a mother without surrendering her career.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

She knew he was the one who had made the radio announcement to all of Japan declaring that the nation was surrendering to the Allied forces.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata


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