1
as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
his wife suggested that he give over working such long hours if it was making him so unhappy
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as in to leave
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
gave over his entire savings to an investor
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Recent Examples of give over
Only nine of his top 100 donors were from California, giving over $8 million combined, or just 5% of the $161 million haul from his largest givers.
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Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
There is so much of the city that has given over to the wicked history of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692.
—Shannon Carlin, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
Surrounded by Corylus trees and mountain streams, Adem’s childhood was one that saw his entire family work on a 150 acre farm, much of it given over to hazelnut trees (some 4.8m in fact).
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
From the bottom of Central Park down to 42nd Street, five lanes will become three, one of them given over to buses.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
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Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
There is so much of the city that has given over to the wicked history of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692.
—Shannon Carlin, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
Surrounded by Corylus trees and mountain streams, Adem’s childhood was one that saw his entire family work on a 150 acre farm, much of it given over to hazelnut trees (some 4.8m in fact).
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
From the bottom of Central Park down to 42nd Street, five lanes will become three, one of them given over to buses.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for give over
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Donations dwindle, while volunteers from the opposite side of the country stop coming or divert to another disaster.Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
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Musk—who sued OpenAI in March—now alleges that OpenAI is attempting to eliminate its competitors by stopping its investors from funding rival AI firms.Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
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The callers reported seeing a man armed with a gun fleeing a silver sedan that was left disabled in a parking lot, authorities said.Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The Lakers were already down several bodies in their frontcourt, with Christian Wood (offseason left knee surgery) and Jarred Vanderbilt (offseason feet surgery) sidelined, leaving two-way center Christian Koloko as the only available big man behind Davis.Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
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People also could order food online to pick up at different locations with the Order Ahead program, but that service will cease when the Feed Rogers building opens and people can shop for their own food again.Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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But as Trump’s presidency went on and his comments and actions didn’t cease to shock, Weymar and her Tiny Pricks community remained as emboldened as ever to bear witness to and record the political climate through craft.Gabby Shacknai, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Optimistically, handing influence over this conference to the UAE, and now Azerbaijan—states whose interests are, in many ways, opposed to its aim—means that leaders who depend on fossil fuels must face the costs of burning them.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Trump has sought to counteract these claims by arguing his donor and ally Musk will be handed control over government resources in order to slash $2 trillion in costs by eliminating entire federal agencies and gutting the government workforce.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Next week: Mesa Ridge at Montrose, TBA No. 3 Pueblo West beat No. 19 Golden, 49-7: Two weeks removed from their first loss of the season, the Cyclones ended a streak of three straight Round of 16 exits with a rout of Golden.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
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Mikael Granlund and William Eklund scored for the Sharks, who ended their road trip against Metropolitan Division teams with a 1-1-2 record.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The abuse victims’ attorneys, however, suggested that not funding the trust immediately would short-change people who had already been victimized by the church, given how the value of that trust could erode with time and inflation.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Two days after the nation’s voters gave Donald Trump another term as president, Gov. Gavin Newsom staged a publicity stunt to position California — and presumably himself — as the epicenter of resistance.Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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The Biden administration has ramped up efforts that have so far failed to secure cease-fires to end Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza and secure the release of hostages still held by Hamas, as well as halt Israel’s bombardment and fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon.Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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The plane maker had seen most of its airplane production halted since the middle of September as more than 32,000 of its unionized machinists went on strike .Sean Conlon, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Birds who pushed the door to the right were transferred into aviaries where the resident birds were pushing the door on the left and vice versa.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The woman was transferred to a psychiatric hospital, raising concerns for her safety.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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