surrender
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On May 1 he said he was considering sending the USS Abraham Lincoln to Cuba to force an immediate surrender.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
At the time of his surrender, Guzmán López faced a raft of U.S. federal charges, which could have carried a life sentence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Ukrainian marine Yaroslav Rumyantsev was taken prisoner in Mariupol in May 2022 when, after one of the fiercest battles of the war, troops holed up in the Azovstal plant were forced to surrender.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Merely a gray leather couch, of a depressing aspect that almost announces a withdrawal from life and surrender to the numbing effects of long days and nights of television.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
A stranger might reasonably interpret my brother's language as a lack of respect and view my father's response as a form of shameful surrender.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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