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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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Guterres agreed there was a climate "leadership gap" but said overshooting 1.5C "is not surrender".

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Their exit is a surrender charge, and the door they would knock on belongs to the same people who made the loans.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

When Watters pressed him about abolishing ICE, he did not surrender the moral argument or get stuck in a defensive loop.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Gingersnipes seemed to realize that Clare would not surrender in this quest.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

This is equally true whether the suspect immediately surrenders or chooses to flee.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

But last December’s decision to license H200 sales surrenders that lead.

From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026

Rather than transcending expectations, “Dangerous Animals” surrenders to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025

She raises the cane over her head once more, but this time the squirrel surrenders.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

Rooney and Myha'la surrendered theirs, but traitor Jama managed to hold on to hers.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Snell surrendered just one more hit, but when he issued his fifth walk with two outs in the fourth inning, his pitch count was up to 90.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

What diners surrendered wasn’t necessarily quality so much as a little hospitality, a little transparency and, increasingly, the expectation that a restaurant represented somebody’s particular idea of what a restaurant should be.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Bear surrendered his collar in March after a decade of being a very good boy as one of the first dogs in the country to be trained to detect the scent of koala fur.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

They surrendered their phones and were given laminated high-security clearance badges on lanyards.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Instead of surrendering to sticker shock, people are finding ways to gamify their daily expenses, hunt down hidden perks and even double down on their goals for the future.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

She can become a mother without surrendering her career.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Owners can save time by surrendering their driver’s licenses ahead of delivery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

After surrendering 28 first-half points, JSerra held Bishop Amat, and running back Justin Clinton, who rushed for more than 130 yards, including a 67-yard burst and a 43-yard touchdown, in check in the second half.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Perhaps she’s the only thing keeping him from surrendering totally.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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