succumbs

present tense third-person singular of succumb
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Recent Examples of succumbs If someone succumbs to the heat, promptly relocate them to a cool, shaded location. Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025 When Day succumbs to his wounds, Dusk seizes the vacuum, claiming Hari Seldon’s psychohistory crystal. Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025 And when that fish, in turn, succumbs to the claws of a bald eagle, its DDT dense meat becomes a poisonous lunch for an oblivious bird. Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025 The community's willingness to proactively strengthen its economic foundations today will determine whether crypto fulfills its promise as robust, trusted global infrastructure, or succumbs when faced with inevitable systemic stress. Mark R. Weaver, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for succumbs
Verb
  • Currently, federal law only guarantees a cow’s milk substitute—such as fortified soy milk—if a parent submits a physician’s note documenting a disability.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The city’s existing process has design work being completed either by city engineers or outside architects before a contractor is chosen — a decision based on which contractor submits the lowest bid.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dallas has given up the most passing yards in the league, and their secondary surrenders lots of open windows.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Hamas asserts control Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has maintained that the war cannot end until Hamas surrenders its weapons and cedes control of Gaza, a demand the fighters have rejected.
    Maayan Lubell, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Steven Spielberg saw the original cut of the film prior to its release in which Katie dies, and convinced Peli to reshoot the more ominous ending where Featherston simply goes missing.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • While some tests can provide hints that someone has the condition, CTE can only be definitively diagnosed after a person dies and researchers can physically examine that person’s brain, Crary said.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Despite the advances in AI, Duan concedes that early domestic CAE software lagged behind foreign competitors in several areas.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
  • An Alford plea is one in which a defendant admits no guilt, but concedes that prosecutors have enough evidence to secure a conviction.
    Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One recipe yields about 3 1/2 cups, which is enough to frost the tops and sides of two 8- to 9-inch cake layers.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
  • That contrast, between how meticulously Reichardt builds her story and the way her protagonist pinballs through his, yields a remarkably precise exploration of hubris as a self-destructive force.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For now, the burden largely falls on defendants — many still deep in addiction, many who are homeless — to find and secure treatment on their own.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • As another once-promising season falls apart, this time stamped out in stunningly emphatic fashion, a conversation that had only begun to percolate is now steaming hot.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Factory ships deplete fisheries in a matter of years and an inordinate amount of sea life also perishes in their nets.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Succumbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succumbs. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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