forfeited
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Pakistan were adjudged to have forfeited the match after refusing to play after tea on the fourth day, the only instance in Test history when a team has forfeited a Test.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The lawsuit was filed Dec. 30, 2022, two days before Dylan would have forfeited the ability to seek damages under Governor Newsom’s Child Victims Act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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
The fund has returned more than $13 billion in forfeited assets to victims and their families since 2000, according to the department, which has said paying victims is a priority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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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