forfeit
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He negotiated with England skipper Nasser Hussain for both teams to forfeit an innings, leaving the tourists with a final-day run-chase, which they completed.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Pirates got a forfeit win when illness struck Palisades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Others will simply have to forfeit all that.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
Hui, 67, was sentenced by a Shenzhen court to life imprisonment and ordered to forfeit all of his personal assets, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Lighten up, Dana. You don’t forfeit your right to complain if you admit there are a few nice things about Colorado.”
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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If Warsh goes quiet while his colleagues continue to give economic-outlook speeches, a kind of unilateral disarmament could take hold where the chair forfeits the bully pulpit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
But a court that tolerates such defiance eventually forfeits the right to demand obedience.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
Alford responded with a Bible verse from the Gospel of Matthew: “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” according to texts viewed by The Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
It’s been a long road back for Hawkins after the program hit rock bottom in 2017 with forfeits, the firing of the coaching staff and an exodus of players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025
As it developed, the flu forfeits didn’t affect Bobby’s pairings or score.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Palisades High athletic director Rocky Montz announced Thursday afternoon that the Dolphins have forfeited their nonleague football game at San Pedro on Friday night because of an illness outbreak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Within days, all of college sports’ major conferences adopted policies against such players returning, essentially enforcing the NCAA’s original rule that players who had been through the NFL draft process forfeited any remaining eligibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
A government that will chase its own citizens for taxes incurred in 1999 has forfeited any argument that 1938 is too long ago to matter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the aftermath of his conviction he asked to be removed from the Privy Council and for his knighthood to be forfeited.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
He forfeited the deposit gladly and enshrined, as well he might, the originals in the Library.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Retailers facing higher wholesale prices for fuel deliveries are given the choice of passing this increase onto the customer, or forfeiting their profitable margins.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Between charitable donations and forfeiting equity and potential bonuses, the punishment carried a value of up to $90 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
"We want the Lebanese state to negotiate for itself, and nobody is suggesting forfeiting this role," Fayyad said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
It’s a winning combination for these two indexes to reduce risk by a fifth while forfeiting only about a 10th of the S&P 500 return.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
Yet should he admit this and risk forfeiting the one friend who had ever “truly understood” him?
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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