Sentences with phrase «to concede defeat»

With this move, the company seems to have finally conceded defeat in a war it was never meant to win.

He had already conceded defeat on AV before the count had even begun.

It seems to me that you and others have already conceded defeat and would like to establish blame.

In order to willingly concede defeat, presidential candidates need to trust that their opponents will not use power against them.

As much as I want him to stay, we got to concede defeat here.

Since this was impossible, it promptly conceded defeat and withdrew its case.

Against the backdrop of claims in some quarters that former President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat after the 2015 Presidential elections out of pressure, the former president has said that he took the decision to concede based on his own personal conviction that it was the right thing to do.

Buhari again lauded former President Goodluck Jonathan for conceding defeat in the last presidential election.

In a historic breakthrough for Nigerian democracy, President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat Tuesday in a hard - fought presidential election, signaling that he will peacefully turn over power to his victorious rival, Muhammadu Buhari.

While we appreciate President Jonathan's timely act of conceding defeat in the presidential election, we hasten to assert that this single act alone is not enough to obliterate his litany of abnormalities in governance.

Following the Dec. 1 presidential election in Gambia, President Yahya Jammeh has vowed that he will not concede defeat by stepping down.

Has Boris Johnson conceded defeat even before the polling stations close or is this a little bit of mischief?

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Woods» followers, who had pretty much conceded defeat by then, finally had something to cheer about.

The veteran leader initially conceded defeat in the vote, then changed his mind days later — raising fears that regional powers might have to intervene to oust him.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has already conceded defeat ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Since Almonty's paper offer valued Ormonde at just GBP 5.7 p per share (and lower, as AII's share price fell), the board quite rightly rejected it — and Almonty finally conceded defeat at the end of January.

The erudite 72 - year - old human rights lawyer won 53.8 % of the vote, according to the country's election agency, and incumbent John Mahama conceded defeat after a hotly contested race that was seen as a test of the country's democracy in a region plagued by dictators and coups.

We've just conceded defeat.

President Yahya Jammeh concedes defeat, the Electoral Commission President has told reporters.

Naomi Rivera, in denial, never conceded defeat.

Effectively conceding defeat for his party in the presidential race, Mr. Ryan said his most urgent task was ensuring that Hillary Clinton did not take the helm with Democratic control of the House and Senate, two lawmakers said.

He also applauded Trump's competitor, Secretary Hillary Clinton, for graciously conceding defeat.

It isn't so now, either - but, this morning, the Yes campaign is out and about conceding defeat and beginning a blame game.

State Assemblyman Keith L. T. Wright conceded defeat on Thursday in the Democratic congressional primary to replace Representative Charles B. Rangel, shaking hands with the winner, State Senator Adriano D. Espaillat, who is on track to become the first Dominican immigrant to be elected to Congress.

He even posed for a photo taken by Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan, his Democratic rival for the position, who conceded defeat on Monday afternoon.

I - 884 supporters were not conceding defeat Tuesday night as returns came in.

The Japanese Government encourages the public to eat whale meat even though it is increasingly unpopular because it has to «save face» as it does not want to give up its right to hunt whales which would be seen as conceding defeat.

Murray Goulburn conceded defeat in the dramatic three - way takeover battle for WCB last week as Montreal - based Saputo crossed the 50 per cent shareholding threshold.

Chelsea and Tottenham have all been heavily linked with the Frenchman while Arsenal have had 3 bids rejected already with their manager Arsene Wenger having conceded defeat last week with his attempts to sign him.

President Muhammadu Buhari has yet again spoken in good light, the patriotic demonstration of of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, at the last general election in Nigeria having conceded defeat which according to him gave room for peace in the nation.

The President conceded defeat leading to the declaration of Akufo - Addo as the President - elect.

CHRAJ in a statement signed by the acting Commissioner, Richard Quayson, also congratulated President John Mahama for also conceding defeat in the race describing it as a sign of «maturity».

Queens City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley on Thursday conceded defeat in her re-election to a third term.

«The PDP made the supreme sacrifice to make Nigeria one and ensured that our indivisibility as a people and as a country was not compromised and that was why our presidential candidate in the 2015 election conceded defeat to President Muhammadu Buhari which singular act contrary to the expectation of pessimists that Nigeria remained one country.»

Where Google and Facebook were sent into exile and Uber conceded defeat to a Chinese rival after a long and costly battle, Apple seemed to be flourishing.

Lütke scored another big win in September, when digital titan Amazon conceded defeat and chose Shopify to replace its own service for online sellers.

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Well might Churchill have said, after the Luftwaffe tacitly conceded defeat, that never in the field of human conflict had so much been owed by so many to so few.

Jennifer Hewett As Murray Goulburn finally and formally concedes defeat in its pursuit of Warrnambool Cheese & Butter, Gary Helou's sense of grievance is understandable.

The ruthlessness shown by the youngster is likely to appeal to the cold - hearted Jose Mourinho, although we're not sure if Premier League defenders will concede defeat alike to the young child in his Instagram video after a nutmeg.

Even the Arsenal boss all but conceded defeat after that late double from Lionel Messi condemned us to a 2 - 0 home defeat and that left us needing a miracle of sorts.

What team that is 3 nil up at half time can quite easily concede a defeat?