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surrender

[suh-ren-der] / səˈrɛn dər /




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In ancient Greece, the city-state of Sparta forced the surrender of Athens by blocking its grain supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

This "surrender principle" acts as a strict cap on the number of premises which can sell alcohol.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

The Premier League would then surrender a place in the Europa League.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

What Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is out to evoke is bone-deep submission: the kind of total capitulation and surrender that makes a person unrecognizable even to themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

In any age or country, people do not easily surrender wealth and power.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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