giving in
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The 95-year-old said he wanted to wait and see what more he learned from the Epstein files before making his annual decision on giving in late June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Economy Minister Roland Lescure said after the figures that the government "remained vigilant, but without giving in to fear-mongering".
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
“If we make it OK to loot a charity, the entire foundation of charitable giving in America will be destroyed,” Musk testified Tuesday, according to Reuters.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
Blindfolded, I felt Theatre Obscura was mostly playing off our fears rather than giving in to them, largely keying in on our anticipation that something may happen to us when stripped of sight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Her voice sounded so hurt that for a minute I thought of giving in.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Apparently my friend’s mother thought my dad would eventually give in, but my father wasn’t the giving-in type.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2020
And his final giving-in to everything Fay wanted because Fay wanted it.
From Jan and Her Job by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)
Miss Bess was in a very giving-in mood.
From Nurse Heatherdale's Story by Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)
"I am at your service now, Mr. Campbell, though let me tell you, I think I am giving-in to Maggie more than I ought to, sir."
From A Daughter of Fife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Yet even in this we have no sense of failure, of "giving-in": it is for intenser life that he dies, and she shall be his queen "while his soul endures."
From Browning's Heroines by Armfield, Maxwell
