surrender

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Last year Northern Ireland's communities minister rejected the findings of an expert report which said a reform of the surrender principle could increase competition and innovation.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 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

This has shifted repeatedly, from initial calls for an "unconditional" Iranian surrender to a potential negotiated agreement.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The people who will thrive alongside AI aren’t the ones who surrender to it most efficiently, they’re the ones who use it to stress-test their thinking and expand their cognitive range.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The Allies crushed Germany between them, forcing its surrender, but could not agree on what should happen next.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin