they relinquished
Past they conjugation of relinquish.

relinquish

Governments are no strangers to this situation; from Reagan and Thatcher onwards, they relinquished the means they had of controlling financial markets.
Les gouvernements ne font pas exception : ils ont depuis l’ère de Reagan et Thatcher abandonné les moyens de contrôle qu’ils détenaient sur ces marchés financiers.
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