forfeit
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Mostly they knowingly forfeit the cash to have their 15 minutes in the limelight, sending up the pageantry of British politics.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
The 31-year-old was well enough to stand but had to forfeit the match, which had lasted more than three hours.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
In addition to prison time, Rinsch must serve three years of supervised release, forfeit the $11 million and pay $700 in mandatory special assessments, according to Monday’s announcement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
The judge ordered Guo to forfeit $889 million following his July 2024 felony conviction for misusing followers’ funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
You forfeit membership in the family, the blood fraternity, and no matter how hard you try, you can’t pretend to be part of it.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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If Warsh goes quiet while his colleagues continue to give economic-outlook speeches, a kind of unilateral disarmament could take hold where the chair forfeits the bully pulpit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
But a court that tolerates such defiance eventually forfeits the right to demand obedience.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
Alford responded with a Bible verse from the Gospel of Matthew: “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” according to texts viewed by The Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Norco football facing forfeits and the latest school in a season of forfeits in the Southern Section.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
As it developed, the flu forfeits didn’t affect Bobby’s pairings or score.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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On 24 June, Donaldson asked for his knighthood to be forfeited and tendered his resignation from the Privy Council with immediate effect.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Although I forfeited my membership in the Partnered People club, I became a member of another, equally nonexclusive-but-far-less-touted club, the Happily Divorced Women.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Earlier this month, an interim award of stock to Musk was forfeited under a “no double dip” principle, Tesla said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
And he said the Fed had forfeited the political deference that central banks have historically enjoyed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
He has, as a consequence of his crime, not only forfeited his liberty, but all his personal rights except those which the law in its humanity accords to him.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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That said, I will state the obvious: You will likely be forfeiting a decent amount of income.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The First Amendment “guarantees that lawmakers cannot pick and choose who gets to speak. Nor can lawmakers condition access to any legal benefit on forfeiting the fundamental right of free political speech.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
"We want the Lebanese state to negotiate for itself, and nobody is suggesting forfeiting this role," Fayyad said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
Armstrong adds that investors should get a discount for forfeiting control: "I want to pay less for a company where my ownership does not include control."
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
As a result, judges are not required to inform criminal defendants of some of the most important rights they are forfeiting when they plead guilty to a felony.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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