surrender

Example Sentences

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Samar shares the popular view that for every senior official "they've reportedly assigned three to seven successors. Like a hydra - you cut one head off, another grows back. They won't surrender any time soon."

From BBC

"They'll have to take us by force," said the man in his thirties, who fled his home with his wife and two-year-old son, insisting they "will not surrender".

From Barron's

Starting in February 1865, Cooke sold $830 million in bonds in six months, allowing Union troops to force a surrender in April.

From Barron's

"It makes me really angry that some people have to surrender their dogs or have them put down because they can't afford the cost in the UK," she adds.

From BBC

"It feels as though you want to give up, but you also know you can't surrender because you have a family."

From Barron's