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“Mexico,” he said, “will have to try to capitulate.”

“It is well within our power to destroy our civilization and our species as well, if we capitulate to superstition or greed or stupidity,” Carl Sagan once warned us.

From Salon

Martin was particularly angered by the way his team appeared to capitulate after Evanilson scored the opening goal for the hosts, who then added two more before the interval.

From BBC

"JD Vance has pledged he would do what Mike Pence wouldn’t - overturn an election and illegally seize power," Cheney, who lost her 2022 bid for reelection, posted on X. "He says the president can ignore the rulings of our courts. He would capitulate to Russia and sacrifice the freedom of our allies in Ukraine."

From Salon

“Contrary to his assertion, he has not established that the Special Counsel, appointed by and serving at the pleasure of President Biden and his Attorney General, is punishing the defendant ‘for the perceived sins of his father’ in order to capitulate to a former President because of his tweets,” Weiss’ team responded.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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