surrender
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“Iran will not surrender the strait at this point,” said Gregory Brew, an Iran analyst at the Eurasia Group consulting firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 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
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
After struggling another minute, I surrender the packet and find myself briefly mesmerized by the sight of him tearing open the package with his teeth.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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