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Example Sentences
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Back in 416 B.C., the refusal to submit to Athens, the superpower of antiquity, ended badly for the islanders of Melos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Moreover, though Mr. Parsons’s youth is justly being noticed, art doesn’t easily submit to grading on an age curve.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
"We will not submit to opportunistic lawyers looking to manufacture a payday from us," they added.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Operators would submit to an independent audit of their compliance with those provisions, and the auditor would send a report to the attorney general.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
To reshape his garden into mounds; to submit to Tata Ndu on the subject of river baptism; to listen at all to Tata Ndu or even the rantings of Mama Tataba.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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