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The businessman alleged that Cele also made other requests, including asking for help to purchase a home and pay for his son's studies, to which Matlala refused to accede.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

After both sides went back and forth with proposals, Amodei on Feb. 26 said publicly that the company was declining the Defense Department’s latest offer and couldn’t accede to its requests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

"These threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request," Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

Thursday, Amodei doubled down on his objections, saying that while the company continues to negotiate and wants to work with the Pentagon, “we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Victoria Forester, however, was used to having her own way, and, if all else failed, or even if it did not, she would appeal to her father, and he would accede to her demands.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

After major newspapers acceded to Kaczynski’s demand that they publish his 35,000-word “manifesto” in 1995, the bombings stopped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Isaac Mwaura, spokesperson for the current Kenyan government, told the BBC that the authorities were "very co-operative with the protesters and acceded to the demands, including the president not assenting to the finance bill".

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024

Countries that have ratified or acceded to the treaty are obligated to “prevent or punish” it.

From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023

Xi acceded to U.S. requests on other issues, too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

Having acceded to her husband’s indulgent discipline throughout Ernest’s childhood and adolescence, Gunda now put her foot down, insisting that he attend St. Olaf College, a cloistered Lutheran institution in frigid Northfield, Minnesota.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

In response, Samsung's management said the talks failed because "acceding to the labour union's excessive demands would risk undermining the fundamental principles of the company's management".

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

The apartheid government under President F.W. de Klerk dismantled its nuclear weapons and associated facilities in an orderly process—before acceding to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

What it emphatically cannot mean is acceding to powerlessness in the face of a bunch of institutions that are working to make it seem as if their omnipotence is inevitable, or irrevocable, or constitutionally overdetermined.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025

Despite not acceding to the family’s request for life sentences, they said they were happy with the outcome and that justice had been served.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024

All of the sisters played chess with him, but acceding to his preference, they played Fischer Random.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady