surrender

Example Sentences

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Samar shares the popular view that for every senior official "they've reportedly assigned three to seven successors. Like a hydra - you cut one head off, another grows back. They won't surrender any time soon."

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

"They'll have to take us by force," said the man in his thirties, who fled his home with his wife and two-year-old son, insisting they "will not surrender".

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Lose in Perth, lose in Brisbane, surrender the series before Christmas.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

America’s general forced the British to surrender Boston.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The boy raises his hands in surrender, smirks, and turns away.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh