capitulate

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Eastern Time on Tuesday — telling one reporter that “very little” would be off the table if Tehran doesn’t capitulate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

“Iran will be forced to capitulate at some point,” writes BCA Research Chief Strategist Marko Papic.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

He told his team that Tehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait—and even if Iran tried, the U.S. military could handle it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

England capitulate to a damning eight-wicket defeat on day four of the second Test to give Australia a 2-0 lead in The Ashes.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

He kept her for some weeks, and then, seeing that she would not capitulate, sent her oil' to the coast in exile.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson