Sentence examples for surrender ground from inspiring English sources

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Union chiefs, who sometimes persuaded members to take pension sweeteners in lieu of raises, are loath to surrender ground.

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Still, Thomas had employed his divisions well and placed artillery effectively, never surrendering ground to Bragg and using counterattacks to deny Bragg any momentum.

Major stock markets across Asia surrendered ground Thursday, as ratings cuts on U.S. banks dragged down Hong Kong and Tokyo financial shares.

Swans right-back Alan Tate surrendered ground every time fit-again Royals winger Jimmy Kebe was in possession and the Reading man underlined his intent with one particularly dangerous run from inside his own half to the edge of his opponent's area.

One result of current political volatility is emboldened artistic practice, in which irony and ambiguity have surrendered ground to more direct strategies.

By surrendering ground on so many contested areas of spending, and by not creating clear ideological water between Republican conservatism and the Democratic Party's progressive agenda, the Obama negotiations with John Boehner have left the progressive cause weaker than it was before.

Britain's own official Ministry of Defence publication, the Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict, says there are practical difficulties around surrenders to aircraft, but adds: "With the advent of close-support and ground-attack helicopter units, the surrender of ground troops … has become a more practical proposition".

On previous days, the protesters had told me that they would not surrender their ground, and they had made good on that promise.

On previous days, the protesters had told me that they would not surrender their ground, and today they made good on that promise.

Logan's first pitch surrenders a ground ball single to Avila, and a few boos start to rain (or they could be encouraging "Booneee," not sure).

Although the CX-3 is clearly targeted towards young families, part of even a sub-compact SUV's remit is the carrying of adults in the back seat, and the CX-3 not unexpectedly surrenders some ground.

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