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succumb

[suh-kuhm] / səˈkʌm /


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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

But we don’t have to succumb to that pressure.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

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

“Investors tend to sell first and ask questions later, and Bitcoin is one of the prime asset classes to succumb to investor fear, especially given how much it has run up in recent years.”

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Most CF patients succumb to death before the age of thirty.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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