forfeit
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Americans collectively forfeit billions of dollars annually in unused benefits, which often expire at the end of the calendar year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
He negotiated with England skipper Nasser Hussain for both teams to forfeit an innings, leaving the tourists with a final-day run-chase, which they completed.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Others will simply have to forfeit all that.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
Banning, open since 1926, is 1-1 after a forfeit loss to South East because of an ineligible player.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Fischer agreed if Spassky would drop the demand for a forfeit.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
If Warsh goes quiet while his colleagues continue to give economic-outlook speeches, a kind of unilateral disarmament could take hold where the chair forfeits the bully pulpit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
But a court that tolerates such defiance eventually forfeits the right to demand obedience.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
Alford responded with a Bible verse from the Gospel of Matthew: “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” according to texts viewed by The Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
The school, which also had problems with forfeits in other sports, hired a new football coach in Doug Bledsoe, who has vowed to rebuild the program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
“Either your player forfeits the set, or he gets back out there and finishes the game,” Reverend Hollister continued.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
Major media outlets declined to follow the new policy and forfeited their press badges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The 24-year-old was leading 6-4 2-1 in the semi-final when his Australian opponent, who called for a medical timeout after the first set, forfeited the match.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
A government that will chase its own citizens for taxes incurred in 1999 has forfeited any argument that 1938 is too long ago to matter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The lawsuit was filed Dec. 30, 2022, two days before Dylan would have forfeited the ability to seek damages under Governor Newsom’s Child Victims Act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Because Jonas collapsed on the job, they said, he had forfeited his ration.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
Retailers facing higher wholesale prices for fuel deliveries are given the choice of passing this increase onto the customer, or forfeiting their profitable margins.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
When crossing a size threshold means forfeiting valuable exemptions and preferences, rational owners stay below it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
"We want the Lebanese state to negotiate for itself, and nobody is suggesting forfeiting this role," Fayyad said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
It’s a winning combination for these two indexes to reduce risk by a fifth while forfeiting only about a 10th of the S&P 500 return.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
Yet should he admit this and risk forfeiting the one friend who had ever “truly understood” him?
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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