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

That was unacceptable to them, amounting to a capitulation.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 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 arranged some type of work for us to do in the courtyard, but it was merely a fig leaf to hide their capitulation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela