Example Sentences

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The cracks are showing and even the players are admitting to feeling the pressure.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

British authorities are admitting they can’t protect Jews from antisemites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

The big deal: “This is a moment of real vulnerability — two very lonely people are admitting things to each other they’ve never shared with anyone else,” writes Sloane in an email.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

With the bulk of the most aggressive monetary tightening in decades likely in the rear-view mirror, many on Wall Street are admitting they got their forecasts wrong.

From Reuters • Aug. 16, 2023

Today, at the beginning of this industrial change, we are admitting that economic classes must give way.

From Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)