surrender
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When the issuers of bonds no longer fear having to surrender a pound of flesh and they view their commitment as anything less than binding, bonds become little more than oral promises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
An Interpol red notice was in force at the time, requesting law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest Al-Marimi, pending his extradition or surrender.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
But we question why the parents must move to a high-cost area and surrender essentially all of their assets to finance a property that the older brother insists on owning and controlling.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Summoning the will to surrender that power he’d trained all his life to inherit, to the Guardians of the Universe ordering him to betray his friend, is a Herculean act.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
“This woman is trying to surrender an unverified dog,” Noah explains.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
A chairman who avoids discussing the outlook can’t explain the committee’s decisions and surrenders a tool for steering it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Don’t miss: Tesla’s stock surrenders gains after earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
The animals are also trained to come away when told and to leave anyone who surrenders.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
Rather than transcending expectations, “Dangerous Animals” surrenders to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
Berlin surrenders; Goring surrenders; the great mysterious vault of Nazism falls open.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
After a few weeks of this, I surrendered.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Federal authorities say Diamantis fled to Florida, jumped on a boat to the Bahamas, and then flew via London to Athens—likely using a Greek passport he was supposed to have surrendered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Rooney and Myha'la surrendered theirs, but traitor Jama managed to hold on to hers.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Lefty Tanner Scott, whom Roberts plans to use in a fireman role, surrendered a two-run homer to Ozzie Albies in the ninth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
I could have told him all that, could have surrendered the weight, let the relationship carry it and grow stronger.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
The bigger point for Airbnb and other marketplaces is that losing control of customer acquisition could mean surrendering some of their pricing power and margins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Detroit’s defense is a problem, especially the secondary, and the Lions are surrendering almost 32 points per game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
She can become a mother without surrendering her career.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
He was tricked into surrendering when he mistook Ukrainian soldiers for his Russian allies.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
To convince myself that there was some dignity in what I planned to do, in surrendering my own perceptions of right and wrong, of reality, of sanity itself, to earn the love of my parents.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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