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succumb

[suh-kuhm] / səˈkʌm /


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He instructed his crew to tie him to the ship’s mast of his ship so that he could listen and yet not succumb.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

What if they were something to which we could, if not entirely succumb, then at least give freer rein?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

It may seem like Lilly is the latest drugmaker to succumb to the pressure to use AI.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Will you grab gold or succumb to brain freeze?

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

It would hardly have been seemly for someone who had challenged our dictator to suddenly succumb to a nervous attack at the communion rail.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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