surrender
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Messi toyed with United like a kid on the Playstation - twisting, turning, nutmegging defenders whose flailing white shirts might as well have been a call for surrender.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Between the Japanese surrender in August 1945 and Ronald Reagan’s inauguration in January 1981 U.S. consumer prices rose nearly 400%, an average annual inflation rate of 4.6%.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
The struggle is about more than one man’s stubborn refusal to surrender his faith.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Only two Confederates were tried, convicted and executed for war crimes after the 1865 surrender at Appomattox.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
I sink down on my knees next to the sled in a kind of surrender, and when I look up, my friend is there.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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