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Forty-four years after the attack, he said, justice could finally be served: "Faced with anti-Semitism and terrorism, France never forgets and never gives up."

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Despite the reluctance of her father, the underwater wizard Fujimoto, little Ponyo falls in love with her new friend and gives up her magical powers to become human.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Twenty years after Clarence Allen’s death, Newsom has the chance to add an important chapter to that story and show that his state never gives up even on those who have been condemned to die.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2026

In it, an elderly person gives up ownership of worldly possessions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Then he gives up when he sees I’m not going to shoot that rabbit no way.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor



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