Citations:unconcede

English citations of unconcede

Verb: "to retract a prior concession"

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  • 1996R. W. Apple, Jr., "Economy Helps Again", The New York Times, 6 November 1996:
    After a flurry of telephone calls, he became the first Presidential candidate in history to unconcede, however temporarily.
  • 2000Toby Harnden & Ben Fenton, "One amazing night on the rollercoaster", The Telegraph, 9 November 2000:
    Sensing a lifeline, Mr Gore ordered Mr Daley to phone Don Evans, his counterpart in Austin, and warn him that the Vice-President was about to "unconcede".
  • 2000 — Dale McFeatters, "You Don't Have To Be Dead Or Rich To Be Senator - But It Sure Helps", The Press of Atlantic City, 11 November 2000:
    Gore phoned George W. Bush to concede and then, deciding he still had a fighting chance, called back to unconcede.
  • 2004 — Manuel Roig-Franzia & Dan Keating, "Latest Conspiracy Theory -- Kerry Won -- Hits the Ether", The Washington Post, 11 November 2004:
    Still, messages posted on the aptly named Quixotegroup discussion cluster [] urged members to send fraud evidence to the law firm of Kerry's brother, Cameron Kerry, to persuade the Democratic candidate to "unconcede."
  • 2009 — Brian Montopoli, "Doug Hoffman 'Unconcedes' House Race", CBS News, 16 November 2009:
    Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman (left) has "unconceded" the closely-watched N.Y. 23 House race, which he had previously thought he had lost to Democratic candidate Bill Owens, The Hill reports.