Thesaurus / concede
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Days after sending the tweet — which she concedes was perhaps her most pointed remark on the matter — McClatchy news executives told her she was fired.
AN IDAHO NEWSPAPER EDITOR STRUGGLED TO GET EXCEL ACCESS FOR STAFF. AFTER TWEETING ABOUT IT, SHE WAS FIRED.TEO ARMUSJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt also conceded 16 and is second worst defensively in the league.
D.C. UNITED’S HERNÁN LOSADA MUST LEARN A NEW LEAGUE AND A NEW CITY. HE’S UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.STEVEN GOFFJANUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSo much has been said about their center back injury problems but actually they conceded 16 goals in the first eight games of the season.
THE PREMIER LEAGUE RACE IS TIGHT. WHICH TEAMS REALLY HAVE A CHANCE?CHADWICK MATLIN (CHADWICK.MATLIN@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)JANUARY 15, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTAnd, as the authors point out, the fact of chaos was not exactly surprising, from pandemic interruptions to a president who has always said he would never concede.
HOW TO AVOID ANOTHER ELECTION YEAR LIKE 2020JEN KIRBYJANUARY 15, 2021VOXOn the occasions Ramsey lines up across from him, Adams will not concede.
ALL GREAT QBS ARE LINKED WITH GREAT RECEIVERS. AARON RODGERS FINALLY HAS HIS MATCH IN DAVANTE ADAMS.ADAM KILGOREJANUARY 15, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAfter a year like no other — a country wrestling with a deadly pandemic, a president who refused to concede the election, crippling unemployment and food lines — the 2021 inauguration was already going to be unlike any other.
AN INAUGURATION LIKE NO OTHERROXANNE ROBERTSJANUARY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe conceded that enforcement was not as stringent as it should have been.
‘YOU’RE NOTHING MORE THAN A PLAGUE RAT’BRODY LEVESQUEJANUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEIf Loeffler somehow makes amends and shows players she cares about their views, she could find a pathway to forgiveness, McCoughtry conceded.
WNBA PLAYERS HELPED OUST KELLY LOEFFLER FROM THE SENATE. WILL SHE LAST IN THE LEAGUE?CANDACE BUCKNERJANUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTBudenholzer’s Bucks decided that while opposing teams might want threes and layups, the Milwaukee defense was only willing to concede threes.
THE BUCKS BUILT THE NBA’S BEST DEFENSE. NOW, OTHER TEAMS ARE COPYING IT.JARED DUBINJANUARY 6, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTAs Democrats gained in the vote counts late into the night, Republicans indicated that they were not ready to concede.
RAPHAEL WARNOCK WINS GEORGIA RUNOFF ELECTION AGAINST SEN. LOEFFLER, LIFTING DEMOCRATIC HOPES OF CLAIMING SENATE MAJORITYREIS THEBAULT, MICHAEL SCHERER, CLEVE WOOTSONJANUARY 6, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWORDS RELATED TO CONCEDE
- abandon
- accede
- acquiesce
- admit
- back off
- back out
- back pedal
- backtrack
- balk
- beg off
- bow out
- cancel
- cave in
- chicken out
- concede
- cop out
- demur
- give ground
- give in
- give up
- go back on
- have no fight left
- hold back
- pull back
- pull out
- recant
- recoil
- renege
- resign
- retreat
- submit
- surrender
- take back
- wimp out
- withdraw
- withdraw from agreement or statement
- yield
- abalienated
- abdicated
- accorded
- alienated
- aliened
- allowed
- came across with
- capitulated
- communicated
- conceded
- conveyed
- deed
- dropped
- folded
- forked over
- gave in
- gave up
- granted
- handed over
- left
- made over
- part with
- relinquished
- remised
- renounced
- resigned
- signed over
- threw in the sponge
- threw in the towel
- transferred
- vouchsafed
- waived
- yielded
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