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
For decades, Europeans have been happy to surrender around half of their pay to the state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 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
When he failed to surrender his passports in time to meet a 24-hour deadline, Brazilian authorities cancelled the documents and ordered police to make checks at border posts.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The Allies crushed Germany between them, forcing its surrender, but could not agree on what should happen next.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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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
Local media also reported that Koreans are surrendering their life-insurance policies to buy shares, with policy surrenders said to have surged 16% in the last quarter among the top three insurers.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
Harket, 65, said he had "no problem accepting the diagnosis", adding: "With time, I've taken to heart my 94-year-old father's attitude to the way the organism gradually surrenders: 'I use whatever works'."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
Eventually, the U.S. surrenders after a German nuclear attack; and America is occupied by Nazi Germany along the eastern seaboard and Japan on the West Coast, with a pseudo-independent Vichy regime in the Rockies.
From Salon ● May 17, 2025
This astonishing show of might among the Allies is the beginning of the end for Germany and Japan, though a year will pass before there are any more surrenders.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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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
It says the King has "loaned" Andrew the £1.5m sum, and notes that the former prince formerly surrendered his 75-year lease earlier this week.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Federal authorities say Diamantis fled to Florida, jumped on a boat to the Bahamas, and then flew via London to Athens—likely using a Greek passport he was supposed to have surrendered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
In his fourth outing, Díaz issued three walks and surrendered five runs in just two-thirds of an inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
More like a divorce case heard in camera....At any rate I was glad when Alice surrendered me to Clarice.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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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
She can become a mother without surrendering her career.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Owners can save time by surrendering their driver’s licenses ahead of delivery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
After surrendering 28 first-half points, JSerra held Bishop Amat, and running back Justin Clinton, who rushed for more than 130 yards, including a 67-yard burst and a 43-yard touchdown, in check in the second half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The police, whenever my mother forebode, would indeed come, and many of the men of the yard would be caught napping, surrendering themselves with lamblike submission.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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