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Let’s hope the Gopher coach doesn’t succumb to dysentery by Halloween.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

He senses the world changing in real time and doesn’t want to get left behind, lest his reporting and notoriety succumb to oblivion.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

If their CTmax is exceeded, insects succumb to desiccation, muscle spasms and eventual stupor.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Notably, neither scavengers nor flies that fed on the supposedly poisoned carcasses have perished -- creatures that typically succumb after consuming poisoned animals.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

But the downside of that industrialized food process is that, if we’re not careful, we can succumb to the ease of access.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

If it succumbs, a temporary oil-induced inflation blip could become something much longer lasting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

Lacking immediate options, Bea succumbs to Christy’s latest tomfoolery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

In the more pessimistic schema, Tesla succumbs to competition and margin pressure, the market disregards Optimus in valuations and Robotaxi has slower growth expected.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025

Malnourished and anemic, and without direct access to a health clinic, he succumbs to a treatable illness.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025

On 29 January 2016, the last hive of honeybees, located on an almond farm in California, succumbs to CCD.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Yes, bears: crypto slang for people who think the price of Bitcoin is going to fall or who have in some other way succumbed to crypto pessimism.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

“Yale will be regarded either as a beacon and a fighter for academic freedom or as the weakling who succumbed and obeyed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

While firefighters were able to reach Paul and Sheila inside the Mohican Road home, the couple succumbed to smoke inhalation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

The British number one had finally succumbed to Croatia's Donna Vekic in a slow-burning Queen's final, unable to save a fifth Championship point and continue a match which she had admirably stoked into a scrap.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

The men who were working along the rows felt possessed by a strange fascination, menaced by some invisible danger, and many succumbed to a terrible desire to weep.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

They experience a brief catharsis, a release of their anxiety about succumbing to temptation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

You need to balance your enjoyment of the present with building a future in California, without succumbing to 24/7 pressure.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

McCraney, Geffen Playhouse’s artistic director, said forging a path forward in nonprofit theater without succumbing to commercial pressure to produce only guaranteed hits requires the delicate balance of surfing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Kwang, along with Thotsakan's female singer Breeze and drummer Bew, died after succumbing to their injuries, according to a Facebook post from another band member, Patchara Songphatkaew.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

He could hear tree limbs succumbing to the wind, great exhalations as their trunks fell on streets and roofs.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers