Word: succumbing
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...decides at first, a simple case of mistaken identity-until some frightening events make him suspect that the mistake is his own. On a sunny morning, the brother and sister in Let Us Hasten Quickly to the Gate of Ivory try to visit their parents' graves and succumb to "subdued, also meditative horror" when they realize that they are lost in a limitless cemetery...
...number four, Emmi Levin bested Laurie Gallagher, a converted tennis player with very powerful strokes and a hard tennis-like serve. Although Levin took the match 3-0, Gallagher did not succumb easily, losing...
Several myths arose to justify such treatment, thereby buttressing the patriarchal system. The Biblical tale of Potiphar's wife continues to be used against rape victims. Potiphar (an Egyptian) has an unnamed wife who lusts after her husband's Hebrew slave, Joseph. When virtuous Joseph refuses to succumb to her charms, she becomes enraged and falsely accuses him of rape--Joseph is thrown into jail...
...succumb to the pressures...
...dream didn't come. And for me, the worst was knowing it wasn't going to come, even after that glorious sixth game. For the same reasons the Lakers would perennially lose to the Celtics, the Red Sox would succumb to Cincinnati...