concede
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They have still got goals in their team, as they showed against Fulham, but it was quite an open game and they always look like they will concede a few too.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Even many of those creating artificial intelligence now concede they can’t say with any degree of certainty that they know what it is doing, why it is doing it or if it is safe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
“We don’t think it’s a bluff,” said Citrini in its report, but it did concede Bessent understands the value of an ability to scare investors into doing his job for him.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
To label mothers who struggle as lazy and selfish is also to concede that raising kids requires hard work and sacrifice.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
I look at him and concede with a little smile.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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He concedes that he “kind of went crazy for a little while” in snapping up shoes, owns hundreds of pairs, and it has become a bit of an issue at his Manhattan Beach home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
"Burnham is a more formidable opponent," concedes Tim Montgomerie.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Even the abolitionist Death Penalty Information Center concedes that “there is no way to tell how many of the … people executed since 1976 may … have been innocent.”
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
“As Ms. Griffin herself concedes, she has no proof of the sexual abuse she recalled for the first time decades later while using psychedelics,” New York Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
“I’m not one hundred percent consistent about everything,” he concedes.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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It started with a 75-yard pick-six from King Rich on a snaking sideline return that gave Orange Lutheran a lead they never conceded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
When he appeared on Chicken Shop Date, Garfield conceded it had been "vibey" between them for a while, although for some viewers the encounter didn't live up to expectations.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
He conceded that the move would require Congress to change the law barring living persons from appearing on currency.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
He conceded the announcement will mean "hundreds" more people stay in prison, meaning additional space will need to be found in a system that is more than 97% full in England and Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Interviewed later, one of the men conceded that the painting was nice, saying, "Sure, I liked it okay."
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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He is happy to call ChatGPT intelligent without conceding that it is conscious: How could it be, when it has no feelings, no central nervous system?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
They are still free-scoring, but they are conceding loads of goals too.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Those fault lines are much clearer now and Iraola will know that his midfield must become harder to break down or else his side will keep on conceding.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The only variable is how much they spend before conceding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
July arrived and on Seabiscuit went, back to Empire City, where he won the mile-and-three-sixteenths Butler Handicap while conceding between seven and twenty-two pounds to the rest of the field.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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