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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

"I am prepared to accede to the prosecution's request" said presiding judge Joanna Korner.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei had refused: “We cannot in good conscience accede to their request,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

After months of negotiations hit a wall, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in a statement Thursday night that “we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.”

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2026

What could she do but accede, praying that her father would live until her return?

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

The agency reportedly acceded to the New Jersey District Court’s appointment of Robert Frazer, a longtime prosecutor, following negotiations behind the scenes.

From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2026

Charles acceded to the throne on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022, and his coronation took place the following May.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

The Physical Review soon acceded to a system by which it would accept articles on nuclear reactions but keep them in a vault, to be published after the conclusion of the war.

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

A few years prior, Mrs. Piatigorsky had been criticized in some quarters for not acceding to Fischer’s demands for the 1963 tournament, which had led to his not playing.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady