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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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Kekesi added that having devices with child safety features as a default meant adults don't have to "surrender unnecessary personal information to multiple apps and websites".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

But we question why the parents must move to a high-cost area and surrender essentially all of their assets to finance a property that the older brother insists on owning and controlling.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Summoning the will to surrender that power he’d trained all his life to inherit, to the Guardians of the Universe ordering him to betray his friend, is a Herculean act.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Al-Zaidi had set Wednesday as a deadline for militias to surrender their weapons, but has since postponed it to June 2027.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Grady raises both hands in a gesture of surrender.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

Don’t miss: Tesla’s stock surrenders gains after earnings.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

Harket, 65, said he had "no problem accepting the diagnosis", adding: "With time, I've taken to heart my 94-year-old father's attitude to the way the organism gradually surrenders: 'I use whatever works'."

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025

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

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

Lefty Tanner Scott, whom Roberts plans to use in a fireman role, surrendered a two-run homer to Ozzie Albies in the ninth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

What diners surrendered wasn’t necessarily quality so much as a little hospitality, a little transparency and, increasingly, the expectation that a restaurant represented somebody’s particular idea of what a restaurant should be.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Bear surrendered his collar in March after a decade of being a very good boy as one of the first dogs in the country to be trained to detect the scent of koala fur.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

After six weeks of fighting, the garrison surrendered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Then he tipped over his king—that meant he surrendered.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

She can become a mother without surrendering her career.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

On Saturday evening, Niger's public television broadcast footage of dozens of soldiers, including women, who appeared to be surrendering with their hands raised, whilst others were sat in rows on the ground.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

Mom and Dad liked to make a big point about never surrendering to fear or to prejudice or to the narrow-minded conformist sticks-in-the-mud who tried to tell everyone else what was proper.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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