conceding
Example Sentences
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I’ve been wrestling with Jason Statham for a decade and I’m finally conceding defeat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
After conceding, Stevens sent a similar signal in a statement:
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Spain's Unai Simon claimed the Golden Glove award for best goalkeeper after conceding just once in eight games.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
If IBM can’t tell investors what the next two quarters look like, it’s conceding it doesn’t know when its customers will come back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
July arrived and on Seabiscuit went, back to Empire City, where he won the mile-and-three-sixteenths Butler Handicap while conceding between seven and twenty-two pounds to the rest of the field.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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