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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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"We had no choice but to surrender" to our fate, he told reporters at the Bhayangkara Hospital in Surabaya, where he was waiting to retrieve the body of a colleague.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

Pausing such operations long enough to reassess protocols was not surrender.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

Sources familiar with the operation but not authorized to speak publicly said U.S. federal agents had been in contact with Guzmán López, and were pressuring him to surrender.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Both Mr. Trump and the Iranian regime may be taking their cues from John Paul Jones’s response when asked if he was ready to surrender.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

After earlier negotiations had broken down, Confederate President Jefferson Davis had ordered Johnston to retreat while the politicians held out for more favorable terms of surrender.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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

But last December’s decision to license H200 sales surrenders that lead.

From MarketWatch May 14, 2026

He says that the war will end only when all hostages are returned and Hamas surrenders.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2025

Rather than transcending expectations, “Dangerous Animals” surrenders to them.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2025

Berlin surrenders; Goring surrenders; the great mysterious vault of Nazism falls open.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

After the U.S. forces surrendered, Schurtz left his position and approached the Japanese to make sure they knew hostilities had ended, saving his men.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Detectives then identified the suspect, who walked into a Santa Monica Police Department station and surrendered himself Tuesday evening, police said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

In Popular Constitutionalism, Kramer describes this tradition as one that “we seem to have lost, or surrendered, today.”

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

Despite being fit enough to play, the Arsenal winger remained an unused substitute as Thomas Tuchel's side surrendered a 1-0 lead in the closing stages to lose 2-1 to holders Argentina.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Sometimes we had a kind of emoji war, but usually I surrendered pretty fast.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

By the end, the Sparks spent the game playing catch-up, never regaining the lead after surrendering it in the first 49 seconds to Johnson.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

If every click to enable an app or service amounted to surrendering Fourth Amendment protection, constitutional privacy would steadily evaporate as technology became more sophisticated.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

Except Ilicali appears to have played his hand a little early, surrendering some of his bargaining power by openly admitting a clock is ticking.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

AMD was also briefly worth $900 billion-plus on an intraday basis before surrendering some gains.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

Brigit dove back under, swimming around in circles before surrendering to come back up for air.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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