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They have the worst defensive record outside the promoted sides and are conceding goals at a rate of 1.95 per game - the same as last season.

From BBC Jan. 8, 2025

"We are scoring and the problem is we are conceding a lot. We are going to keep working and believing. It's about being tough, more responsible and trying to play."

From BBC Apr. 7, 2024

They are conceding the point in a last-ditch effort to plead that his lies were "free speech" and not damaging.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2023

Some U.S. health officials are conceding that MPX is probably not going away anytime soon.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2022

They enable us to yield without loss of our self-esteem, in the delusion that we are conceding to reason what is really extorted by charm.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)