relinquished

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A year later, when Root relinquished the captaincy, Stokes was there with what he called "love, respect and support".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

New York relinquished a bucket of first-round draft picks to land Bridges, who, like Josh Hart, is a former Villanova teammate of Brunson’s, and the ROI had been meh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

ServiceNow relinquished its early gains and slid 1.5% to $101.83.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

And if Uthmeier prevails, adoptive parents across Florida could find their legal claim to their children suddenly open to challenge, potentially by the very birth parents who relinquished them, or by the state.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Then Griphook relinquished him, clapped his hands together, and said, “So. We begin!”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling