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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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She must also surrender her passport, adhere to a curfew, provide her phone number to gardaí, and sign on daily at garda station in County Kildare.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Pausing such operations long enough to reassess protocols was not surrender.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

Other research has pointed the same way, highlighting what has come to be called "cognitive offloading" -- or even "cognitive surrender".

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

That so many Americans refuse to surrender those ideals is what causes the pushback.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

In November 1777 Howe began planning a battle that would defeat Washington so thoroughly that he would be forced to surrender, and the Revolutionary War would end in a major British victory.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

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

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

Rather than transcending expectations, “Dangerous Animals” surrenders to them.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2025

The woman kisses the child good-bye and surrenders him to my mother; then she bolts off, running on the cemented stretches in the park.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

After the U.S. forces surrendered, Schurtz left his position and approached the Japanese to make sure they knew hostilities had ended, saving his men.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

In Popular Constitutionalism, Kramer describes this tradition as one that “we seem to have lost, or surrendered, today.”

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

Despite being fit enough to play, the Arsenal winger remained an unused substitute as Thomas Tuchel's side surrendered a 1-0 lead in the closing stages to lose 2-1 to holders Argentina.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

And Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto wrapped up his first-half campaign with his highest-scoring start of the season; he surrendered six runs in six innings.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

It seemed every scythe had surrendered something of themselves—not because they had to but because they chose to—as a way to pay for the lives they took.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

If regulators in another country demand access to the company’s source code as a condition of market access, the company faces a choice between surrendering valuable intellectual property or walking away from the market.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

By the end, the Sparks spent the game playing catch-up, never regaining the lead after surrendering it in the first 49 seconds to Johnson.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

If every click to enable an app or service amounted to surrendering Fourth Amendment protection, constitutional privacy would steadily evaporate as technology became more sophisticated.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

After missing out on six World Cups in a row, and maybe surrendering to fatalism along the way, game day is upon us here in the United States.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

Full of survivor’s guilt, he was surrendering himself to the random forces of the uni-verse, trying to punish himself for still being alive.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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