Conceding in example sentence

But one fact must be acknowledged: Gandhian nonviolent civil disobedience works only against opponents vulnerable to a loss of moral authority – a government responsive to domestic and international public opinion and capable of being shamed into conceding defeat.

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In fact, this is the only war in American history in which the government negotiated a peace by conceding everything demanded by the enemy.

By the very act of trying to reason us into your position, you're conceding reason's potency.

A few years later, she resurfaces, conceding that she took a certain amount of dramatic licence but willing to cooperate with a film-maker to prove the substance of her allegations.

Why, then, do Latin American economists seem to share a cautious – even pessimistic – mood about future growth and convergence in the region, whereas most Asian economists, while conceding that further structural reforms are needed, believe strongly that Asia will continue to converge rather rapidly?

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