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“All authority is assumed, and if other people don’t accept your authority then you don’t have it. Perhaps the critical thing to being a convincing figure of authority is actually not to try too hard.”

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Some speculate that under those circumstances, he might accept calls to form a “unity government,” joining the two coalitions.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

“There’s an interest in the American public, your honor, having trust and confidence in their elections, and that when we get our election results, that the public will accept those results.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Nov. 17: Players must accept or decline qualifying offers by the 1 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Sometimes you just have to accept that bad things happen.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Democracy rests on a simple bargain: The loser accepts the result because both sides trust the count.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

But he accepts there should be human guardrails: "The agents today are imperfect. Somebody has to take accountability."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Blue Ribbon Brasserie in SoHo still accepts orders until 2 a.m. and serves an eclectic mix of international items.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The second act reaches a dramatic peak as Lincoln, after much soul-searching, plaintively accepts the inevitable, seated next to his son Willie, who appears as a ghost the father cannot see.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

The arguing continues until Mister Brother finally gives Zohra a number she grudgingly accepts.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

The Department of Homeland Security says he entered the country legally in 2022 but overstayed by more than four years, that he has no pending applications and that he accepted voluntary departure.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

MI5 said it accepted the report's findings "without reservation" last month.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

It has accepted at least 36 U.S. deportees since then, according to rights group Refugees International.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Mathematicians are raising a major challenge to one of modern cosmology's most widely accepted explanations: the idea that dark energy is driving the accelerating expansion of the universe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

I loved helping other people, and after they adjusted to the fact that I was so much younger, they always accepted my support.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

The foreign emoluments clause prohibits all federal officials from accepting gifts of valuables, office, or title from any foreign country without express congressional consent.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

Fielder says he considered abandoning the project rather than accepting Evans’ demands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Life is about accepting the good and bad bounces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The government has urged the demonstrators to act peacefully, while also accepting the need for immigration reforms.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Giving a gift was almost as bad as accepting one.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate