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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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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

Guterres agreed there was a climate "leadership gap" but said overshooting 1.5C "is not surrender".

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

“American tanks do not surrender as long as one tank is able to go forward,” Lieutenant-Colonel George Patton, Jr., instructed his men.

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

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

The animals are also trained to come away when told and to leave anyone who surrenders.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025

She raises the cane over her head once more, but this time the squirrel surrenders.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

And by the fourth inning on Saturday, Rasmussen was finished, having surrendered three runs in his shortest outing since July 9.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

One of his victims told the BBC she had assumed his passport would automatically be surrendered after he was charged and said she was "so disappointed in the law."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

Snell surrendered just one more hit, but when he issued his fifth walk with two outs in the fourth inning, his pitch count was up to 90.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Galina Burdina learned how close she herself had come to being killed when she had a strange encounter with a Romanian pilot who surrendered to the Red Army with other Romanian troops.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

But to the NBA, the Clippers are surrendering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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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