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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of succumb.

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Examples

  • I suspect we will decide Mr. Bush's first term, with his decisive response to 9/11, deserves some praise, and that his second term succumbed to an awesome amount of bad luck, from his generals 'disagreements on how to fight the war in Iraq to the Wall Street collapse of 2008.

    Was George W. Bush the Worst President? 2009

  • Even Darwin succumbed to the PRESSURE of religion to include a “God” reference in his book.

    Think Progress » Bush Delegation Stages “Walk Out” at Climate Talks 2005

  • There ` s even a more subtle issue to which my friend DJ AM succumbed which is a lack of appreciation of how addictive drugs, even properly prescribed, can trigger addiction.

    CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2009 2009

  • Jimmy had -- and the word he used was "succumbed," and he knew that he wanted a lot from him.

    CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2004 2004

  • Jimmy had -- and the word he used was "succumbed," and he knew that he wanted a lot from him.

    CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2004 2004

  • Mr Taunyane intimated that SADTU was in alliance with the government and had "succumbed" to pressure.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • Goldite by any name save that of Queenie, was buried on a hillside, already called into requisition as a final resting place for such as succumbed in the mining-camp, too far from friends, or too far lost, to be carried to the world outside the mountains.

    The Furnace of Gold Philip Verrill Mighels

  • Anestis reiterated the union's view that Papandreou's government "succumbed" to the markets.

    Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2010

  • Anestis reiterated the union's view that Papandreou's government "succumbed" to the markets.

    BusinessWeek.com -- 2010

  • And where on earth does Ajami's notion that Obama "succumbed" to the "Awaited One" expectations that his followers had of him?

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

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