surrender

Example Sentences

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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

Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi called the act a sign of moral collapse by “an enemy in disarray,” stating that such actions will not compel Iranians to surrender.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Rather than surrender to those setbacks, Raye saddles up and sets off in search of happiness.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

"It feels as though you want to give up, but you also know you can't surrender because you have a family."

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

The woman in the seat next to me whispers that the Battle of Stalingrad is over and the Nazis lost—their first official surrender of the war.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse