succumb to
Example Sentences
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These kinds of commoditized industries tend to succumb to price wars: The lowest-cost producer “wins” by destroying the entire industry’s margins.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
We can all live and work together—or we can succumb to fatalism and a false sense of inevitability.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
China may allow its currency to succumb to upward pressure as part of its trade negotiations with the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
The sentiments were more hopeful than one might expect, given how it’s so easy to succumb to despair right now.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026
No plagues rain down upon museum employees; Marie-Laure does not succumb to snakebite or tumble into a sewer and break her back.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
