capitulation

Example Sentences

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What Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is out to evoke is bone-deep submission: the kind of total capitulation and surrender that makes a person unrecognizable even to themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

But Suzanne Maloney, an Iran specialist and foreign-policy vice president at the Brookings Institution think tank, said Trump won’t swiftly get the full capitulation he seeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

For them, apologising to foreign governments risks appearing as capitulation at a time of national crisis.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

That was unacceptable to them, amounting to a capitulation.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Glenn Seaborg, whose work with plutonium was still conducted under strict government security, was more candid about his capitulation.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik