relinquish
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Reports suggest the 37-year-old Harmanpreet was willing to relinquish the T20 captaincy immediately, but was keen to continue leading the side in One-Day Internationals and Tests so that younger players could benefit from her experience.
From BBC β Oct. 7, 2026
North Korea declared itself a nuclear power in 2022 and vowed never to relinquish its weapons, of which it is estimated to possess dozens.
From BBC β Sep. 9, 2026
Ford would relinquish his control of certain family entities, in exchange for payouts valued at about $185 million, according to the documents.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 30, 2026
Shehu and numerous land claimants have traded victories in various trials and appeals, none of which forced Shehu to relinquish the land.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 9, 2026
Beowulf, badly bruised, refused to relinquish his hold.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
If an individual voluntarily relinquishes all future Social Security retirement benefits, why shouldn’t they be allowed to assume that risk themselves?
From MarketWatch β Jul. 23, 2026
On Thursday, Venezuela's parliament adopted reforms that offer greater guarantees to private players, relinquishes state control of exploration, and lowers taxes.
From Barron's β Jan. 30, 2026
More likely the U.S. aims to signal to Mr. Maduro that his life expectancy will improve if he relinquishes power.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 2, 2025
It doesn’t matter if I fight Jon, if he relinquishes the belt, if he waits it out for a bit and then we fight, whatever.
From BBC β Nov. 16, 2024
Locke relinquishes me to the youngest prince, as is expected out of deference.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Ratan Tata relinquished his role as chairman of Tata Sons years earlier, but retained his position as head of the trusts until his death.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 27, 2026
The pair married in a glitzy wedding in 2018 but two years later relinquished their role as working royals after a feud with the British royals and moved to North America.
From Barron's β Sep. 2, 2026
She was to stay in the leadership role for at least the next four seasons after the Buss family relinquished control of the team to Walter in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 26, 2026
Just over a year earlier, Thorslund relinquished her WBC and WBO titles after becoming pregnant.
From BBC β Aug. 20, 2026
He relinquished the endeavour, folded his arms, and stood quiet and mute in the rain, now falling fast on his uncovered head.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«
Breathing life into the liberty-virtue synthesis might require relinquishing the vocabulary of fusionism.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 11, 2026
McConnell, who became the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history before relinquishing that role last year, is now 84.
From Salon β Sep. 17, 2026
The rescue center argued that Bruce’s owners should have notified and surrendered the dog to them before relinquishing control to animal services.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 13, 2026
Root has sparkled since relinquishing the captaincy, averaging over 54 since June 2022 compared to an average of 46.44 in the five years prior and scoring 16 of his 41 Test centuries.
From BBC β Aug. 1, 2026
But I felt as if by handing them over I would be relinquishing something more precious than my math homework, only I didn’t know what that something might be.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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