as in surrenders
the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another
though the handover of my wallet was painful, it was better than getting shot by some trigger-happy punk
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Noun
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The new surrenders came after Nashville Police arrested a 17-year-old Antioch teen one day earlier in connection with the incident.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Here are three key surrenders to make before the season ends.—
Renessa Boley Layne,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There was no accessible list of people supposedly celebrating Kirk’s murder, and a submissions portal for offending posts about him remained inactive.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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Over a 10-month period, our editors—all with vastly different preferences for coverage, finish, and format—buffed and blended (and swept and stippled) their way through about 650 submissions.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Handovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handovers. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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