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The phrase "attempts to surrender to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing efforts made by someone or something to yield or give up to a particular force, authority, or situation.
Example: "In the face of overwhelming odds, the army attempts to surrender to the enemy forces."
Alternatives: "tries to yield to" or "makes an effort to capitulate to".
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Yezad's employer is an ecumenical Hindu, a 'born-and-bred Bombayvala' who sees himself as inoculated against attacks of outrage, but in his attempts to surrender to the spirit of his city he experiences only intimidation and thuggery.
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Two days ago, in the town of Chamchamal, 50km from the Iraqi border with Turkey, soldiers attempted to surrender to the Kurdish civilian population.
The second most-wanted student leader from the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests was turned back from Hong Kong on Monday in his latest attempt to surrender to Chinese authorities and return home.
Mr Brown's supporters said he was attempting to surrender to Mr Wilson when he was shot.
Much of the debate since August has centred on whether Michael Brown was attempting to surrender to Darren Wilson when he was shot, and protesters have adopted the chant "Hands up, don't shoot".
Much of the debate since August has centred on whether Michael Brown was attempting to surrender to Darren Wilson when he was shot, but Mr McCulloch said physical evidence had contradicted some of the witness statements.
Plutarch also gives a lesser-known account of the death of Archimedes which suggests that he may have been killed while attempting to surrender to a Roman soldier.
It was these defenses that the American General Benedict Arnold subsequently attempted to surrender to the British when he became a traitor.
Togo based this statement on the attempt of Himmler to surrender to the western Allies and of Adm. Doenitz to make peace with England and America and continue the war on Russia.
But it has never been vague about the claim that all combatants are liable to attack by other combatants at any time during a state of war (assuming that soldiers who are wounded, have surrendered, or are attempting to surrender have ceased to pose a threat and are thus no longer combatants).
Some had attempted to surrender, including two political LTTE leaders, B. Nadesan and S. Puleedevan.
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