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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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She was told by the judge she must surrender her passport and would be monitored with an electronic tag until Monday, when she will be taken to prison ahead of her sentencing.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

At the end of the term, you’d surrender your device or buy it outright from Apple.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The 1982 war ended with Argentine surrender after 74 days of conflict that killed 649 Argentines and 255 British troops.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

Hyde Lane has “been forced to surrender control over its commercial identity simply because Defendants have greater resources and a larger marketplace footprint,” the lawsuit states.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 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

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

And it proceeds in an escalating cycle of tit-for-tat moves until one of the parties involved surrenders.

From Salon May 20, 2025

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

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

As more cats arrive at overwhelmed shelters — from the streets or surrendered by owners in crisis — some shelters resort to euthanasia: a practice that’s on the rise.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Even Valentin Barco, despite scoring Chelsea's fifth goal, was partly at fault for Leeds' second and was among several players who repeatedly surrendered possession during a difficult first half.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

The Zambian opposition leader who was runner-up in this month's disputed presidential election surrendered to police on Thursday after two weeks in hiding following a summons over an alleged national security threat, state media reported.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

In his exit, Kubasik surrendered $58 million worth of unvested stock and severance payments that would have been worth about $9 million, according to data-provider Equilar.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Just because Lee had surrendered his army did not mean the war was over for Stanton.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

They included General Dietrich von Choltitz, the last Nazi commander in Paris, who arrived in late August 1944 after defying Hitler and surrendering the city.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

If regulators in another country demand access to the company’s source code as a condition of market access, the company faces a choice between surrendering valuable intellectual property or walking away from the market.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

England famously found itself on the wrong side of World Cup history at Azteca Stadium, surrendering Diego Maradona’s iconic “Hand of God” goal and another strike known as the tournament’s “most beautiful goal.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

If every click to enable an app or service amounted to surrendering Fourth Amendment protection, constitutional privacy would steadily evaporate as technology became more sophisticated.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

When he turned back to Alec, the man had stood, holding his hands up as if surrendering.

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




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