surrender
Example Sentences
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Instead, it has relied on character, restraint, discerning judgment and a capacity to distinguish between compromise and moral surrender.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Some clients even back out of treatment for their primary addiction because they refuse to surrender their device when they enter the clinic, says UKAT.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026
Leader Naim Qassem said on Saturday that the group would treat the deal as "null and void" and described it as "a surrender of sovereignty".
From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026
For example, unlike assets such as index funds, many annuities have a surrender fee that could be triggered when transferring savings from one provider to another at the time of a job switch.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 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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