conceding

Example Sentences

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Four years after hosting the tournament, they watched their team get pummeled, conceding 10 goals in three games.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

If they're trailing 2-0, do they commit more people forward or chase the game and run the risk of conceding more and taking themselves out of the tournament on goal difference in the process?

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

"It can be deployed within two or three days," Macron said, while conceding that the US might not accept the offer of help.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

If international sides opt to simply sit in and defend deep, they are ultimately conceding a level of control on the game.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

Now here was Gottlieb, conceding a potentially catastrophic error.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson