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are conceding

  • present progressive
    of concede.
    concede
    verb (used with object)
    to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit.

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They are still free-scoring, but they are conceding loads of goals too.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Wolves' problem is they are conceding too many - currently their average is more than two goals a game - and I don't think you can stay in the Premier League doing that.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

This season, excluding penalties, they are conceding 1.25 goals a game - compared to 0.79 last term.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2024

Because in their locker room, they are conceding nothing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

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 S. O. (Silas Orrin) Howes