succumb to
Example Sentences
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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
But we don’t have to succumb to that pressure.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
She added: "States must respect and ensure respect for the rules of war in both what they say and what they do. The world cannot succumb to a political culture that prioritizes death over life."
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
More complex units don’t always conquer less complex ones but may succumb to them, as when the Roman and Chinese Empires were overrun by “barbarian” and Mongol chiefdoms, respectively.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
