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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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After spending years building diplomatic and police relations, Ireland and the U.A.E. in 2024 entered into a formal extradition treaty to facilitate the surrender of individuals accused or convicted of crimes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

She must also surrender her passport, adhere to a curfew, provide her phone number to gardaí, and sign on daily at garda station in County Kildare.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Pausing such operations long enough to reassess protocols was not surrender.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

Sources familiar with the operation but not authorized to speak publicly said U.S. federal agents had been in contact with Guzmán López, and were pressuring him to surrender.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Seated beside Sherman at a small wooden table inside the farmhouse, he signed articles of surrender and then walked out of the dark room and into the brilliant sunlight of the North Carolina spring.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Local media also reported that Koreans are surrendering their life-insurance policies to buy shares, with policy surrenders said to have surged 16% in the last quarter among the top three insurers.

From MarketWatch May 21, 2026

District Judge Margaret Garnett released Van Dyke while he awaits trial, on conditions including that he surrenders his passport and any firearms.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

Rather than transcending expectations, “Dangerous Animals” surrenders to them.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2025

And it proceeds in an escalating cycle of tit-for-tat moves until one of the parties involved surrenders.

From Salon May 20, 2025

Then she unfastens the tiny clasp in her right ear and surrenders the other pearl.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

The league has surrendered the most potent weapon at its disposal: reality.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Before his recent struggles, Wrobleski hadn’t surrendered more than three homers in three games this season.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Detectives then identified the suspect, who walked into a Santa Monica Police Department station and surrendered himself Tuesday evening, police said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

If England are to regain the World Cup, having surrendered it meekly in 2023, much of the responsibility will rest on Joe Root's shoulders.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

On May 7, 1945, one week after Hitler’s suicide, Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Americans.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Datamaxxers are getting a DIY head start, although some worry about surrendering too much of their privacy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

They included General Dietrich von Choltitz, the last Nazi commander in Paris, who arrived in late August 1944 after defying Hitler and surrendering the city.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

England famously found itself on the wrong side of World Cup history at Azteca Stadium, surrendering Diego Maradona’s iconic “Hand of God” goal and another strike known as the tournament’s “most beautiful goal.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

If every click to enable an app or service amounted to surrendering Fourth Amendment protection, constitutional privacy would steadily evaporate as technology became more sophisticated.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

Full of survivor’s guilt, he was surrendering himself to the random forces of the uni-verse, trying to punish himself for still being alive.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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