concession
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Geffray's announcement was the first material concession to the protesters' complaints.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Unite Here Local 11, the union which represents workers including dishwashers, concession workers, bartenders and servers and SoFi Stadium’s food-service operator Legends Global, came to a tentative agreement days before the first match.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
At issue was a reduction in the tariff on Canadian primary aluminum — a concession also expected for fabricated aluminum products.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
As expected, the court rendered a guilty verdict against the Rueggs in August 1932, though it downgraded the death sentence to life imprisonment in a concession to international opinion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
It watched her as she thought, then made a grudging concession.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
In the end, the bulk of users may be willing to make some concessions on privacy if it means convenience and utility, says Moorhead.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
According to the case file seen by AFP, their consortium used shell companies and Albanian and foreign nationals, notably Dutch and Italian, to conceal the identity of the real owners of the concessions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
White House spokesman Rogers told me “the Venezuelan ministries that have power to grant concessions were the ones that lawfully granted these concessions” to NABEP.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
But for both leaders, this is a familiar outcome - a promise of more channels of communication, modest economic concessions and modest proposals to steady relations.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
They had tried concessions; they had tried threats.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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