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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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"This is not the moment to surrender -- this is the moment to fight back".

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

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

PARIS—For decades, Europeans have been happy to surrender around half of their pay to the state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

In Berlin, a delegation was formed to meet with Allied war leaders and ask for surrender terms.

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

After a while, a receptive listener abandons the attempt to make sense out of where the music might be “going” and simply surrenders to the sounding moment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Writing one big check surrenders that $2,000 in each of the four off years.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025

He surrenders to his most tender and attentive self with Samantha, knowing she is always there.

From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2025

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

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Diana and Jerry Green returned to Massachusetts and surrendered themselves to the court.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

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

After a few weeks of this, I surrendered.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 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

He felt that if he surrendered on the dog question, there was no telling what the Council might vote next.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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

Owners can save time by surrendering their driver’s licenses ahead of delivery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 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

Every chair sank several inches at the lightest touch, foam and down surrendering abjectly to any pressure.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole


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