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Ouattara came to power following a political crisis in 2010 and 2011 after Laurent Gbagbo refused to concede defeat.
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Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
None more so than England captain Ben Stokes, who has finally been forced to concede defeat in his heroic attempt to bowl and bat his side to victory almost single-handed because of an injury born out of a brutal workload and relentless calendar.
—Paul Newman, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Quick calculations told the story — Mars was a frigid, desert world, and those who still held to Lowell's dreams of a possible Martian empire had to concede defeat.
—Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
In true Trump fashion, the store’s owner is refusing to concede defeat and has vowed to fight suburbia’s deep state.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
None more so than England captain Ben Stokes, who has finally been forced to concede defeat in his heroic attempt to bowl and bat his side to victory almost single-handed because of an injury born out of a brutal workload and relentless calendar.
—Paul Newman, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Quick calculations told the story — Mars was a frigid, desert world, and those who still held to Lowell's dreams of a possible Martian empire had to concede defeat.
—Rod Pyle, Space.com, 14 July 2025
In true Trump fashion, the store’s owner is refusing to concede defeat and has vowed to fight suburbia’s deep state.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for concede defeat
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“Concede defeat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concede%20defeat. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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