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It’s the jaded who succumb to violence and hopelessness, dragging everyone down with them.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

We can all live and work together—or we can succumb to fatalism and a false sense of inevitability.

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

China may allow its currency to succumb to upward pressure as part of its trade negotiations with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

But we don’t have to succumb to that pressure.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Chills ran up his skin—it brought back the memory of Misty singing as she began to succumb to the illness.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

He girded himself to “understand better now what I’ve always known: he who drags himself through life, who succumbs under its weight, can’t help anyone, no matter what duties he takes on.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

But her character succumbs to Ducournau’s convoluted plotting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

The question is whether the party now meekly succumbs to the browbeating:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

In the more pessimistic schema, Tesla succumbs to competition and margin pressure, the market disregards Optimus in valuations and Robotaxi has slower growth expected.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025

On 29 January 2016, the last hive of honeybees, located on an almond farm in California, succumbs to CCD.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

While firefighters were able to reach Paul and Sheila inside the Mohican Road home, the couple succumbed to smoke inhalation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

While other sports unions have succumbed to a salary cap—the NHL wiped out the entire 2004-05 season to get there—the MLB Players Association has remained steadfast in its opposition against the concept for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

This is what it feels like to live in a society that has succumbed to what the late psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton described as “malignant normality.”

From Salon ● May 24, 2026

"The person concerned, a compatriot aged 28, unfortunately succumbed to the disease before the diagnosis was confirmed," the spokesman added.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

By and by, the king’s wife succumbed to grief, as did the mother of the young prince.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness

McCraney, Geffen Playhouse’s artistic director, said forging a path forward in nonprofit theater without succumbing to commercial pressure to produce only guaranteed hits requires the delicate balance of surfing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

McCain said these varieties, plus the work of farmers like Bubb, turned potatoes once wilting under drought and succumbing to disease during floods into much more resilient potatoes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Donald Trump trades stocks at a confounding rate, Everlane is reportedly sold to Shein, and online media is succumbing to bots.

From Slate ● May 23, 2026

But succumbing to the siren song of salt, I left my packed lunch at home to give it a whirl and find out what regularly eating too much salt is doing to our health.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

He was exercising all his willpower to prevent himself succumbing again to Voldemort’s rage: His scar was still burning.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling