surrender
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He demanded that Lobo surrender his properties and run a sugar plant owned by the state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
That requires leaders willing to place constitutional responsibility above political convenience, institutions prepared to exercise meaningful oversight, and citizens who refuse to surrender their judgment to the most compelling voice in the room.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
Before he left Brazil, the country's Supreme Court ordered him to surrender his passports as part of a money-laundering investigation.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
"I never had any intention of leaving the country. I will surrender my passports and defend myself against this travesty," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
“That’s the man, wrapped in the cloak. His name is Abel Magwitch, otherwise Provis. I apprehend that man, and call upon him to surrender, and you to assist.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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This is equally true whether the suspect immediately surrenders or chooses to flee.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
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
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
He says that the war will end only when all hostages are returned and Hamas surrenders.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
There was no counterbalance to stagnation, to pessimism, to the most abject surrenders to mysticism.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Jack Welsby got on the act for try 12, a third score in four minutes, as the French surrendered.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
After a few weeks of this, I surrendered.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Federal authorities say Diamantis fled to Florida, jumped on a boat to the Bahamas, and then flew via London to Athens—likely using a Greek passport he was supposed to have surrendered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
In his fourth outing, Díaz issued three walks and surrendered five runs in just two-thirds of an inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
On May 10, 1940, the Nazis entered France, and six weeks later, France surrendered, leaving Britain alone to fight the Germans.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Instead of surrendering to sticker shock, people are finding ways to gamify their daily expenses, hunt down hidden perks and even double down on their goals for the future.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
She can become a mother without surrendering her career.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
After surrendering 28 first-half points, JSerra held Bishop Amat, and running back Justin Clinton, who rushed for more than 130 yards, including a 67-yard burst and a 43-yard touchdown, in check in the second half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Datamaxxers are getting a DIY head start, although some worry about surrendering too much of their privacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In March 1918, after much delay and hesitation, the Russians signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, surrendering to the Germans an area three times the size of Germany itself.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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