surrender
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Also look into any surrender charges if you need more than 10%, and see for yourself how reliable the insurer offering the annuity is, experts said.
From MarketWatch ● 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
When he failed to surrender his passports in time to meet a 24-hour deadline, Brazilian authorities cancelled the documents and ordered police to make checks at border posts.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered him late Sunday to surrender his passports and barred him from leaving the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
But the King refused to surrender him, and in the contest Minos was slain.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Writing one big check surrenders that $2,000 in each of the four off years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 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
The animals are also trained to come away when told and to leave anyone who surrenders.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
Eventually, the U.S. surrenders after a German nuclear attack; and America is occupied by Nazi Germany along the eastern seaboard and Japan on the West Coast, with a pseudo-independent Vichy regime in the Rockies.
From Salon ● May 17, 2025
Berlin surrenders; Goring surrenders; the great mysterious vault of Nazism falls open.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Diana and Jerry Green returned to Massachusetts and surrendered themselves to the court.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
After a few weeks of this, I surrendered.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Rooney and Myha'la surrendered theirs, but traitor Jama managed to hold on to hers.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
So sometimes he surrendered to these feelings, and again he bit his lips and meditated with the books throughout the night.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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However, the deadline has passed without the senator surrendering the passports, prompting speculation he may have left the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
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
Detroit’s defense is a problem, especially the secondary, and the Lions are surrendering almost 32 points per game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
She can become a mother without surrendering her career.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
To convince myself that there was some dignity in what I planned to do, in surrendering my own perceptions of right and wrong, of reality, of sanity itself, to earn the love of my parents.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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