capitulation

Example Sentences

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What Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is out to evoke is bone-deep submission: the kind of total capitulation and surrender that makes a person unrecognizable even to themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

But Suzanne Maloney, an Iran specialist and foreign-policy vice president at the Brookings Institution think tank, said Trump won’t swiftly get the full capitulation he seeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

For them, apologising to foreign governments risks appearing as capitulation at a time of national crisis.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

It was a wholly unexpected capitulation from Lens, who came into the weekend with the best defensive record in the division.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

They were divided on the subject of capitulation or resistance.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White