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Unlike the gangs, many family-based groups are said to have accepted Hamas amnesty deals in exchange for surrendering their arms.

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In all, the Blue Jays used 12 different position players who all refused to surrender at the plate, battling the Dodger pitchers into a puddle.

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After major battles in Hajin and other towns, thousands of Islamic State fighters and their families surrendered.

They caught military bases off-guard, and within a few weeks had overrun around 180 of them, taking control of a large swathe of northern Shan State, and forcing thousands of soldiers to surrender.

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Security forces "sought to negotiate with the leader to voluntarily surrender to the relevant authorities, but he refused and barricaded himself inside the camp... and began firing, provoking security personnel, and terrorising residents", Bakir said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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