forfeit
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In 2024, coaches in the Marine League decided to forfeit all games to the Gauchos in an attempt to convince the Los Angeles Unified School District to launch an investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Others will simply have to forfeit all that.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
By doing so, they forfeit much claim to our sympathies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
Fischer agreed if Spassky would drop the demand for a forfeit.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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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
The school, which also had problems with forfeits in other sports, hired a new football coach in Doug Bledsoe, who has vowed to rebuild the program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
As it developed, the flu forfeits didn’t affect Bobby’s pairings or score.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Within days, all of college sports’ major conferences adopted policies against such players returning, essentially enforcing the NCAA’s original rule that players who had been through the NFL draft process forfeited any remaining eligibility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The lawsuit was filed Dec. 30, 2022, two days before Dylan would have forfeited the ability to seek damages under Governor Newsom’s Child Victims Act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
It was later confirmed that Menzies was cleared by medics backstage but was unable to return to the stage to continue, and so forfeited the match.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Musk has already forfeited $26 billion, which was tied to a conditional package known as the “2025 interim award.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Holmes posted bail and forfeited the amount when Pitezel, as planned, failed to return for trial.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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
"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
Then, the Dodgers would have had to reconfigure their defense, likely moving first baseman Freddie Freeman to third, catcher Dalton Rushing to first base and Smith behind the plate, forfeiting the designated hitter spot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
A subsequent investigation revealed that the primary motivation for the raid was the possibility of forfeiting Scott’s property.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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