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“If we had capitulated to them, that would have been pivotal. Every other casino would have wanted the same deal.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2023

At 2 pm yesterday the Danish radio announced that the German forces in Norway had capitulated and at 2.30 the German Foreign Minister, Count von Krosigk, announced the “unconditional surrender of all fighting German troops.”

From The Guardian • May 6, 2020

Carter, for example, had capitulated to the media's expectation of a headline-filled hundred days, but that goal was shortsighted.

From US News • Oct. 14, 2016

The company argued that the case should have been dismissed as moot because it had capitulated and offered Mr. Gomez everything he had asked for.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2016

Under the immediate eye of Cornwallis," says Mr. Bancroft, "the prisoners who had capitulated in Charleston were the subjects of perpetual persecution, unless they would exchange their paroles for oaths of allegiance.

From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Ryerson, Egerton