surrendering

Example Sentences

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San Juan Hills had earlier lost the ball on a turnover, its 19th of the game, surrendering its chance to take the lead.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

"What they're doing is surrendering their own accent and their own muscular habits of the way they speak," she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Omwamba was arrested earlier this month in a town near the Ethiopian border after surrendering to police.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

I’m no Luddite, though I did cling to my BlackBerry, with its winning Lilliputian keyboard, surrendering reluctantly to an iPhone only when the BlackBerry became extinct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

The Dutch military held out for barely three weeks before surrendering to Hitler.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau