concede

Example Sentences

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She did concede, however, that the fictitious citations “‘may have’ come from her use of AI tools,” Buchanan noted.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

It led a senior House Democrat, Virginia’s Don Beyer, to concede the tactic isn’t forcing any change and “in the meantime, we’re making people hurt.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

"There's probably a level of arrogance of some of the teams thinking we can go toe-to-toe but then they concede goals really quickly."

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

And though the primary was frequently ugly, Crockett was gracious enough to quickly concede and endorse Talarico.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2026

He called me from Colorado, as upset as I’d ever heard him, to insist that he wasn’t about to concede victory to Hall.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer