caved

verb

past tense of cave
as in submitted

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  1. submitted
  2. capitulated
  3. beset
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  • Nevertheless, the company relied on its lobbying firm, Veritas Public Affairs, to communicate with several city agencies about those panels, records submitted to the city’s Ethics Commission show.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Proposals must be submitted by July 24, according to the file.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026
Definition of submitted
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  • Engelbert capitulated hours after Thomas, a lightning rod for controversy following her latest violent on-court altercation with Caitlin Clark, cast herself as the victim.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • As Bangkok, Jakarta and Seoul capitulated one after another, the shockwaves rattled the global economy.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
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  • The game was beset with performance issues, to the point where even high-end gaming PCs were struggling to achieve decent frame rates and about the only way to make the game playable was to rely on super-powerful cloud gaming rigs.
    — Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • An American experiment that seems, once again, beset by argument – over what that country is, who belongs to it and whether its oldest institutions can hold.
    — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 2 July 2026
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