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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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Middlebrough was permitted to first go to Liverpool and then briefly stay in West Yorkshire and was ordered to surrender to HMP Wandsworth in south London on 24 October.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

"No person should be required to surrender their human rights in exchange for claims of technological progress."

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

It’s the surrender — that willingness to let go and let others in — that I find myself most compelled by when I enter his gaze.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Britain’s viceroy of India, Archibald Wavell, wrote in his diary after Japan’s surrender: “So now for the horrors of peace.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

But the German High Command was not prepared to surrender the territories in Belgium, France, and Russia occupied by German armies.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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

But last December’s decision to license H200 sales surrenders that lead.

From MarketWatch May 14, 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

There was no counterbalance to stagnation, to pessimism, to the most abject surrenders to mysticism.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Thaci has been in custody in The Hague for six years since he voluntarily surrendered in 2020 to the tribunal, known as the Kosovo Specialist Chambers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Closer Tanner Scott finished the inning, but after allowing an infield single and a bunt for a base hit in the ninth, he surrendered a game-tying double to Javier Sanoja.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

It looked like being a similar outcome as they meekly surrendered the first set against Chan and Joint, then batted off four break points in the fifth and seventh games of the second set.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

The Zambian opposition leader who was runner-up in this month's disputed presidential election surrendered to police on Thursday after two weeks in hiding following a summons over an alleged national security threat, state media reported.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

The sun had finally surrendered and the temperature followed.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

The episode came shortly before a dramatic night for Real Madrid, who recovered from surrendering a two-goal lead to beat Elche 3-2, with Carlos Espi scoring the winner in stoppage time.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

They included General Dietrich von Choltitz, the last Nazi commander in Paris, who arrived in late August 1944 after defying Hitler and surrendering the city.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 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

In contrast, Ulysses S. Grant illustrates a more-challenging leadership path, namely reconciliation without surrendering principle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Hence, our daily lives were so bound up with trivial objectives that to capitulate when challenged was tantamount to surrendering the right to life itself.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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