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are succumbing

  • present progressive
    of succumb.
    succumb
    verb (used without object)
    to give way to superior force; yield.

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But the very glaciers and mountains giving Nepal this massive natural advantage are succumbing to global warming - and last Wednesday's deadly floods have laid bare the risks to the nation's hydropower ambitions.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Besides the higher number of sick sea lions taken in by the center overall, more male sea lions are succumbing to domoic acid poisoning compared with two years ago, Warner said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025

So, to increase employee wages without raising prices, more employers are succumbing to the temptations of tip creep and tipflation.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023

Now, turkeys themselves are succumbing to toxic masculinity.

From Washington Post ● May 2, 2022

Mr. Marsh remarked speculatively, as though they were speaking of some quite abstract topic, "It may also be possibly that you are succumbing to habit and inertia and routine."

From The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield Fisher