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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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Truman held doggedly to Roosevelt’s demand for unconditional surrender as the atomic bomb test lighted up the New Mexico sky.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

She must also surrender her passport, adhere to a curfew, provide her phone number to gardaí, and sign on daily at garda station in County Kildare.

From BBC Jul. 24, 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

For it was an outbreak of plague that finally did the Athenians in and forced them to surrender to the Spartans.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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

District Judge Margaret Garnett released Van Dyke while he awaits trial, on conditions including that he surrenders his passport and any firearms.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 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

‘To me it would not seem that a Steward who faithfully surrenders his charge is diminished in love or in honour,’ said Gandalf.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Alexandra Lozano, who was licensed to practice law in Washington state and had an office in Commerce, surrendered her bar license and closed her law firm in June.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

International hotel chains have surrendered their operations, and the dwindling tourism industry has denied the insolvent government an essential revenue source.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

If England are to regain the World Cup, having surrendered it meekly in 2023, much of the responsibility will rest on Joe Root's shoulders.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

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

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

I’d just finished half a ham sandwich, the other half surrendered to Flora during one of her tantrums.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

They included General Dietrich von Choltitz, the last Nazi commander in Paris, who arrived in late August 1944 after defying Hitler and surrendering the city.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

If regulators in another country demand access to the company’s source code as a condition of market access, the company faces a choice between surrendering valuable intellectual property or walking away from the market.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 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

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

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

Adam waves his hand, surrendering to the nurse, to Kim.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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