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as in relinquished
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot
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as in succumbed
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun
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as in resigned
to give up (as a position of authority) formally
the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir
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as in submitted
to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)
determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette
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as in fell
to yield to the control or power of enemy forces
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War
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as in indulged
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly
laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing
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Recent Examples of surrendered
Boston College pledge, junior Maddie Richey surrendered just 1 hit over 4 innings while striking out 8 for Country Day (4-2 overall, 1-0 confernece).
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Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
The next inning, after Sheehan surrendered a solo homer to Ketel Marte, Freeland showed off his bat.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Caleb Elliott surrendered his teaching license and remains in jail on multiple federal charges.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
The left-hander was lifted after that inning, having surrendered six hits with four walks.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Proper terminology aside, the vehicular props proved fitting, as the Giants’ evening quickly went off the rails when their ace, Logan Webb, surrendered five runs in the second inning.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Tyler Arnold surrendered one hit in three shutout innings for the save.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Walls allowed just three hits over seven innings for LCC and surrendered one earned run.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
The police chief said Figueroa initially surrendered to the officers in the front yard after the short chase.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
The next inning, after Sheehan surrendered a solo homer to Ketel Marte, Freeland showed off his bat.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Caleb Elliott surrendered his teaching license and remains in jail on multiple federal charges.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
The left-hander was lifted after that inning, having surrendered six hits with four walks.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Proper terminology aside, the vehicular props proved fitting, as the Giants’ evening quickly went off the rails when their ace, Logan Webb, surrendered five runs in the second inning.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Tyler Arnold surrendered one hit in three shutout innings for the save.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
Walls allowed just three hits over seven innings for LCC and surrendered one earned run.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
The police chief said Figueroa initially surrendered to the officers in the front yard after the short chase.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrendered
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Microsoft relinquished its right to be OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider, but retained a clause that requires all of OpenAI’s API calls, or calls to access its AI models, to be routed through Azure, the reporting noted.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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After Herzog relinquished the podium, several other speakers riffed on these themes.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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Long shot Wayne’s Law led early, only to be overtaken in the final turn by 6-5 favorite Nearly, who was passed in mid-stretch by The Puma, who narrowly succumbed to Commandment at the wire.—
Clark Spencer,
Miami Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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Luis Daniel Gutierrez Mora, 31, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital on Tuesday, CMPD said in a March 25 news release.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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On Friday, the local union representing those officers reported that 25 of them had resigned from their jobs at Logan during the course of the partial shutdown.—
Brandon Truitt,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The owners are now all but resigned to an inevitable labor disruption, with many among the billionaire class having mentally written off at least half of the 2027 season.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Earlier this month, the company submitted another filing that blamed Amazon for all the delays.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Meg Wichlinski, chair of the Opioid Settlement Committee, said eight requests were submitted for funding through the county’s portion of the settlement from a giant lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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With a hollow interior trunk, Stumpy was among 158 trees felled in 2024 as part of a project aimed at shoring up a sea wall near the National Mall.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
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And to be sure, there were winds and rain strong enough to fell several trees, flood a few roads, and knock out power in some Maryland and Virginia suburbs.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2026
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His appetite for complexity was increasingly indulged as a means of branding cities and institutions, and his novel forms were deployed as blunt metaphors to absorb and obscure contradictions rather than negotiate them in material and spatial terms.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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The custodian of the maison’s some 20,000 documents, fragments, and objects is the effervescent Sophie Rouart, who indulged me in pulling any style of my choosing.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2026
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Five hours before first pitch, a new dawn had rendered the Murphy’s sign out of date.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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But there, in the lower left-hand corner of the frame, is the silhouette of a man having his shoes shined, his image rendered sharp by virtue of his stillness.—
Alexey Yurenev,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Golden Knights have conceded 223 goals while scoring 227 for a +4 scoring differential.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Current’s six conceded six goals — after 13 allowed through all of last season — is another stat to watch.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Surrendered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrendered. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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