conceding

Example Sentences

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Pratt has yet to put out a statement conceding the race or contesting the results.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The race has not yet been called, but Feldstein Soto issued a statement effectively conceding the race Wednesday morning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Mikel Arteta's Gunners won the Premier League while becoming the first team to go the whole campaign without receiving a red card or conceding a penalty.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Wales stayed in the fight, and while usually conceding on the stroke of half-time, pulled one back off another well-worked driving maul, with Jones dotting down.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

He insisted that the iridium had been deposited by volcanic action even while conceding in a newspaper interview that he had no actual evidence of it.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson