surrender
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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
In a cloak-and-dagger operation he sneaked out of Brazil via Argentina and Ecuador, after being ordered to surrender his passports due to several ongoing investigations against him.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Brazil cancelled his passport, after he failed to surrender it to authorities, due to an ongoing criminal investigation.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Their exit is a surrender charge, and the door they would knock on belongs to the same people who made the loans.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
The wind whined in the street and stirred the moonlit curtains, which fluttered like flags of surrender.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
But as soon as she surrenders into custody, the rumination would halt.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
This is equally true whether the suspect immediately surrenders or chooses to flee.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Writing one big check surrenders that $2,000 in each of the four off years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
A chairman who avoids discussing the outlook can’t explain the committee’s decisions and surrenders a tool for steering it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
There was no counterbalance to stagnation, to pessimism, to the most abject surrenders to mysticism.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Jack Welsby got on the act for try 12, a third score in four minutes, as the French surrendered.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
After a few weeks of this, I surrendered.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Then in the seventh inning, he issued a leadoff walk to Andrew Vaughn and surrendered back-to-back homers, and suddenly the game had flipped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Kalinsky surrendered one of his annuities and continued to hold on to the other two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
“When Japan surrendered, we had a block party that went on for a week,” Minna remembered.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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
“Farewell, good coin,” he bid it, surrendering it, “for I shall never see thee more.”
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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