submission

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In Sunday’s finale, it was always all of them, a scrambling, scrapping bunch that stunned the three-time champion Gamecocks into submission in the third-biggest blowout in women’s final history.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

A raid to seize the enriched uranium, in what Kavanagh speculates is an attempt to “embarrass” Iran into submission, the operation would face a slew of problems.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

To ensure compliance, ask your preparer to confirm submission in advance of April 15.

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

The statement said the Maldives government would "pursue all available avenues for a formal submission" to the ICJ and continued to "assess all lawful means to uphold the national interest".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Over and over, I read, and heard, “The key to a Muslim is submission, the attunement of one toward Allah.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey