given up
Example Sentences
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Dodgers starter Blake Snell, who hasn’t given up more than one run in any of his seven starts back from surgery to remove loose bodies from his elbow, was stifling on the mound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Millions of Americans aren’t working because of illness or disability, while in school or because they have given up job-hunting after long unemployment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
While the family has not given up on the 21-year-old former draft pick of the St. Louis Blues, Carey said the prognosis they have received is not good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"We've given up on no plant and, contrary to media reports, no plant closure has been approved."
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Not like I’ve given up on my girl, but that I’ve loosened my grip on the idea that it’s all on me.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
