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Clubs without the same expectation, like Brentford, Leeds and Hull, can concede possession and have built squads for that style.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Romanian filmmaker’s stoic drama is designed to provoke viewers in opposite directions, snaring them in waiting traps and causing them to concede in agony, “You have a point!”

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

By July it was 88%, and officials concede a gasoline shortfall of nearly 4 million gallons a day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

“I feel morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed,” said U.S.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Though he contends he never meant to send a message silencing those who would expose wrongdoing, he concedes that did happen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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

Nobody, Sobel concedes, knows how large that effect is.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Hickman, reached by email by MarketWatch, concedes that he is not sure.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

In narration mode, Nixon concedes that the fund exists: “I, Senator Nixon, took $18,000 from a group of my supporters.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

A plan to compete more directly against the likes of BMW and Mercedes-Benz with a lineup of crossover SUVs and sedans fell flat, and executives conceded the brand has failed to connect with younger drivers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

In his latest interview with Axios Sunday, Bessent backtracked and conceded, “I can’t control the bond market.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Russia conceded autonomy to Estonia and Ukraine, while Germany accelerated plans to found a Lithuanian state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Jared Kushner, Gaza Executive Board member and Trump's son-in-law, conceded the project faced "different delays on different things, for whatever reason".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Baird conceded, though, that because of the toxicology issues, this one may be tougher than the one with the driver and the bad brakes.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

But after starring in Burnley's successful promotion in 2024-25 and the Clarets conceding just 16 goals, Trafford returned to City for £27m last summer with the hope of being Pep Guardiola's number one.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Yet it is the lack of goals Liverpool are conceding that really deserves highlighting.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Tottenham have failed to win any of their last 36 Premier League matches when conceding first so the writing was on the wall at half-time.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

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

Not asking what happened is conceding that what happened is cataclysmic.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin