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give over to



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So there’s all of these reasons he can’t give over to anything.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

“We need to rethink how much of this valuable resource we give over to cars and trucks and instead give it to people if we want the city to be livable in the long term.”

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2020

“You just have to give over to the lottery, and there’s a lot of fear that manifests in that,” McIntyre said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2019

Even at this late date, I remain hopeful that I’ll eventually learn ways to better control the time I mentally give over to that war.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2018

He decided to give over to other hands the leadership of his party.

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas




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