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They concede that the operating environment in France is tough and that dividends will likely be lower in 2027, but point to several positives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

Only after about 20 years did Edison reluctantly concede that the main use of his phonograph was to record and play music.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

They concedes that "there is more to do, but we are determined to return cancer performance to the standards people rightly expect".

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

Mr. Rebeiro, to his credit, concedes that the historical evidence strongly indicates that fugitive slaves were contemplated by the clause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

This tendency is what led Frederick Douglass to declare that “power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has and it never will.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Spinner Wanindu Hasaranga took most of the damage as he conceded 42 off just three overs, with a couple disappearing out of the ground.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

After their shellacking at Ibrox on Sunday, Celtic's response against Ferencvaros was another heavy defeat and three more goals conceded.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The goal they conceded just before the break was the type of goal that poor sides give away.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney pitched Canada as an investment haven Tuesday at a gathering of global financial elite, but conceded ties with the United States remained crucial despite an escalating trade war.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

“They can’t move a major force that way,” Matthias conceded.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

The German had won all five of their previous matchups, on three different surfaces, while conceding just one set.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

In the third set, both players remained on serve without conceding a single break point to reach another tie-break.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

She wasted three early in the second set before conceding a break in the sixth game with a double fault at 30-40 as Noskova forced a decider.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

Oppenheimer was rare among theorists in conceding value to the uncomplicated perception of nature, free of abstractions, that happened to be Lawrence’s approach.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik