surrender

As U.S. forces closed in on Japan in 1945, the nation’s military leaders refused to consider surrender.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

Sources familiar with the operation but not authorized to speak publicly said U.S. federal agents had been in contact with Guzmán López, and were pressuring him to surrender.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

“They haven’t done anything for me either. And I’ve heard they surrender to pretty much anyone.”

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

And it proceeds in an escalating cycle of tit-for-tat moves until one of the parties involved surrenders.

From Salon ● May 20, 2025

Berlin surrenders; Goring surrenders; the great mysterious vault of Nazism falls open.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Phillips, who last week talked about rewiring his rehab mindset, has already surrendered four home runs in just seven outings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

International hotel chains have surrendered their operations, and the dwindling tourism industry has denied the insolvent government an essential revenue source.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

If England are to regain the World Cup, having surrendered it meekly in 2023, much of the responsibility will rest on Joe Root's shoulders.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

“All right, then,” surrendered Katie, suddenly aware that she was nagging and ashamed of herself.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

The job has to measure up to the trade-off of precious time he’s surrendering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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

“Of course,” said Young, surrendering a copy of his indictment.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright