Sentence examples for tantamount to a surrender from inspiring English sources

But the Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, who is regarded as a closer ally to Iraq's prime minister, Ayad Allawi, vigorously rejected calls for a delay on Tuesday and said any change in the timetable would be tantamount to a surrender to insurgents whose campaign of violence has been aimed at derailing the vote.

But the simultaneous ratcheting up of attacks by American troops in Najaf and Sadr City, Mr. Sadr's principal strongholds, suggested that American commanders already had the government's clearance to strike hard, in the hope of pushing Mr. Sadr into what, in military terms, would be tantamount to a surrender.

He didn't say it because it's politically incorrect, tantamount to a surrender to terrorism.

That is tantamount to a life sentence.

Serial extensions would be tantamount to a permanent extension.

Playing the Steelers is tantamount to a street fight.

The agency called this tantamount to a discharge.

Collins saw that as tantamount to a challenge.

This is tantamount to a bi-lateral wholesale partnership.

Inaction is tantamount to a death sentence for our youth.

Self-image becomes tantamount to a world view.