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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

Both Mr. Trump and the Iranian regime may be taking their cues from John Paul Jones’s response when asked if he was ready to surrender.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Some clients even back out of treatment for their primary addiction because they refuse to surrender their device when they enter the clinic, says UKAT.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Leader Naim Qassem said on Saturday that the group would treat the deal as "null and void" and described it as "a surrender of sovereignty".

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

I was thinking, In order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have to change, and you will be forced to surrender many things that you now scarcely know you have.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

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

He says that the war will end only when all hostages are returned and Hamas surrenders.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2025

There was no counterbalance to stagnation, to pessimism, to the most abject surrenders to mysticism.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Starting pitcher Roki Sasaki held the Mets to just three hits, which included a solo homer from Luis Roberts Jr. that accounted for the only run Sasaki surrendered.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Gray surrendered at the scene and has remained in custody.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

In Popular Constitutionalism, Kramer describes this tradition as one that “we seem to have lost, or surrendered, today.”

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

Despite being fit enough to play, the Arsenal winger remained an unused substitute as Thomas Tuchel's side surrendered a 1-0 lead in the closing stages to lose 2-1 to holders Argentina.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

I surrendered to the wave, to the fire.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

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

AMD was also briefly worth $900 billion-plus on an intraday basis before surrendering some gains.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

After missing out on six World Cups in a row, and maybe surrendering to fatalism along the way, game day is upon us here in the United States.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

It isn’t by happenstance that New York has become the second-most-expensive state in which to own a dog, or that New York City shelters have been pushed past capacity by pet owners surrendering animals.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

And while everyone around me thought the sky was coming apart right above our heads, it was the ground that was surrendering under the weight of our heavy burdens.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi




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