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succumb

[suh-kuhm] / səˈkʌm /


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Because sitting captains of industry don’t always know where to find signs of change, they often succumb to a kind of observational bias.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

It nevertheless seems a good bet that, sooner or later and quite likely sooner, the market will succumb to the gravitational pull of insider bearishness.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

It’s the jaded who succumb to violence and hopelessness, dragging everyone down with them.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

He could succumb at any moment— in fact, anyone could.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

Soon “the spaceship is forced to land on a distant planet, and Rodolfo’s hallucinations grow increasingly intense until he finally succumbs to oxygen deprivation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 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

Music: Controversial manager succumbs to complications of stroke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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

That puts you in an enviable position, someone with a level head who has never, or rarely, succumbed to temptation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

After Mika Baur swept Celtic in front on 47 minutes, they went into their shells and succumbed to a timid 2-1 defeat as Javi Rodriguez struck twice in three minutes.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

Some trees succumbed to insects after being weakened by drought.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

But as more people succumbed to the Silent Guardian, the more certain he was that he didn’t want to know what that thing felt like.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

He hadn’t pitched in a game since early July after succumbing to what appeared to be a season-ending shoulder injury.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

But the very glaciers and mountains giving Nepal this massive natural advantage are succumbing to global warming - and last Wednesday's deadly floods have laid bare the risks to the nation's hydropower ambitions.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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

But many of his projects are again succumbing to time, with chunks of pediment falling to the sidewalk.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

She approaches and then sits by her sister’s grave, trying hard to fight the emotions as they come to her but succumbing all the same.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling


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