capitulate

Example Sentences

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I just didn't expect to see them capitulate like that.

From BBC

In truth, it was a killer blow that caused Spain - who made eight changes from the side which overcame Norway 3-0 on Saturday - to capitulate.

From BBC

Afraid that calling Trump a "liar" in straight news reports would spark cries of Liberal Media Bias, the press capitulated.

From Salon

In Germany, Hannes said that he gets shade from other men who will sometimes "insinuate that they would never capitulate to a wife's preferences."

From Salon

"Though Slobodan Milosevic did eventually capitulate, Operation Allied Force is generally viewed as an operational failure that happened to succeed — and that was over 20 years ago," they wrote.

From Reuters