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How to use the word concede in a Sentence?

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I was frustrated that I thought Vice President Pence might concede earlier than what President Trump was inclined to do, and I wanted to hear Vice President Pence talk more about the fraud and irregularities in certain states that I thought was still lingering.

Ginni Thomas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is not a speech of concession, concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper, i will not concede because the erosion of our democracy is not right.

Scott Olson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

You ca n’t just concede parts of your territory, it's like conceding freedom, even if we would consider [ it ], the aggressor would not stop at that.

Olena Zelenska

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We don’t concede for a moment that we are speaking hate speech here, we’re punching back, not down, and we’re poking holes in the popular narrative.

Seth Dillon

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is stark. And I will concede that point.

Dick Durbin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Mr. Spears was forced to concede in his August 12,2021 ‘First Response’ to Britney Spears’s Petition to remove him that he must depart -- and his departure is now inexorable.

Mathew Rosengart

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Mr. Spears was forced to concede in his August 12,2021 ‘ First Response ’ to Britney Spears’s Petition to remove him that he must depart – and his departure is now inexorable, as we wrote in our new filing with the Court, however, the quid pro quopreconditions that Mr. Spears’s sought in his August 12, 2021 court filing are inappropriate and unacceptable.

Mathew Rosengart

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If the government is keen to ensure that the agitation ends, it should concede our demands. That will be a sure-shot way to end the protest.

Dharmendra Malik

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

People do not comply because they do not accede. But when they know they will succeed, that is the time they will concede.

Clifford Villalon

added by Chry$0704
3 years ago

We will never concede.

President Trump

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Absolutely not, there's no question at all in my mind that, if we were to only count lawful votes cast by eligible American citizens, Donald Trump won Electoral College. Under those circumstances you should never concede because you didn't lose. It was stolen.

Mo Brooks

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Well, I mean, I don't know that President Donald Trump's ever going to concede. That's a decision ultimately President Donald Trump'll have to make.

John Thune

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The players honoured the France shirt. It’s a defeat, we must admit it. We concede the defeat but it’s also frustrating, the game was lost on details but also on( refereeing) decisions, it’s very frustrating.

Fabien Galthie

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We are appalled at the state of negotiations. At this stage we are being cornered, we fear having to concede on too many issues that would damage the very integrity of the Paris Agreement.

Tyrone Hall

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We fear having to concede on too many issues that would damage the very integrity of the Paris Agreement.

Tyrone Hall

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

When it comes to the future, we will either SEED or we will concede.

Dr. Rich Melheim

added by anonymous
4 years ago

To concede and lose your captain was a massive emotional impact for the team.

Mauricio Pochettino

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There's still plenty of sense that we need to address the slipping away of the American dream with blue-collar America, we didn't do it in 2016. But we're not about to concede that or to give it up.

David Price

Found on CNN
5 years ago

So let's be clear -- this is not a speech of concession, because concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper, as a woman of conscience and faith, I can not concede that. But, my assessment is the law currently allows no further viable remedy. Now, I can certainly bring a new case to keep this one contest alive, but I don't want to hold public office if I need to scheme my way into the post. Because the title of governor isn't nearly as important as our shared title -- voters. And that is why we fight on.

Stacey Abrams

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I'm not prepared to concede that.

John Kennedy

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Now I will concede that the two girls aren't mentioned.

Sheldon Whitehouse

Found on CNN
5 years ago

They were drinking, just as she said, now I will concede that the two girls aren't mentioned.

Sheldon Whitehouse

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We readily concede that the issue is very concerning, but we do not believe it is criminal.

Abilene Police Chief Stan Stanridge

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

You need to concede.

President Obama

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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