give way to
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U.S. natural gas futures gave up early gains and settled lower with current heat expected to give way to cooler weather as the month progresses, reducing power-sector demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Elections will only be announced after the reforms give way to a new Electoral Council, the source believes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Languid piano tunes give way to surging, keening tides of strings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
In a landmark speech in 1949, he argued that once constitutional avenues existed, methods such as fasting and civil disobedience should give way to democratic processes, warning that otherwise they became the "grammar of anarchy".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
But this time her own story was too strong to give way to an invented one.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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