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capitulation

[kuh-pich-uh-ley-shuhn] / kəˌpɪtʃ əˈleɪ ʃən /


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If this is what capitulation looks like, it would be a first.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

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

Tudor was considered fortunate in many eyes to survive that, although a deserved draw at Liverpool and that second leg win against Atletico offered hope until the capitulation against Forest.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Gulf nations have showcased unexpected resilience, and instead of capitulation warned of retaliation as their air defenses shot down most Iranian drones and missiles, preventing catastrophic damage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

A collaboration, it seemed to her, was a thinly disguised capitulation.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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