succumb

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It may seem like Lilly is the latest drugmaker to succumb to the pressure to use AI.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Goldin witnessed these protests firsthand coming up in the New York art scene, watching countless loved ones succumb to a disease that the government refused to address.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Van Dyke and the show gave me hope that my future marriage wouldn’t succumb to my apparent family curse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

She says when we read reviews online, we succumb to what psychologists call “shallow thinking”—that is, we aren’t considering the biases of those who write online reviews.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

More complex units don’t always conquer less complex ones but may succumb to them, as when the Roman and Chinese Empires were overrun by “barbarian” and Mongol chiefdoms, respectively.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond