surrender

Example Sentences

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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

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

"It feels as though you want to give up, but you also know you can't surrender because you have a family."

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

He spoke of responsibility and self-determination and challenged wounded people not to surrender to victimhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The Confederacy would not surrender even in the face of an almost certain Union victory.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock