relent
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I relent that I’m both a lapsed fashion student and someone who spent their adolescence and early teens marveling at Jacobs’ designs and Coppola’s films.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
That’s been the overwhelming motivation for residents in this neighborhood, who have refused to relent against an erratic landslide that has presented challenge after challenge.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
“But I’m finishing a paper,” a straight-A teen might say, in which case they would relent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Spare a thought then for Switzerland, which has been hit with punitive tariffs of 39%, and has so far been unable to persuade the US president to relent.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025
He was up again two days later, but the yellow fever would not relent.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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