surrender

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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

Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi called the act a sign of moral collapse by “an enemy in disarray,” stating that such actions will not compel Iranians to surrender.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

At the Potsdam Conference of 1945, after Germany's surrender, the allied leaders agreed that in the future Germany should be demilitarised.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Starting in February 1865, Cooke sold $830 million in bonds in six months, allowing Union troops to force a surrender in April.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

When we learned of the surrender of the German Sixth Army in early February 1943, we knew a German defeat was probable.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson