| Those who know him insist he's driven by an utter inability to accept defeat. |
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| They didn't lay down, they didn't accept defeat easily and kept at it, they had nothing to lose. |
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| But this time the Germans had come across Canadians, who were not ready to accept defeat easily. |
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| Is the casual objectification of women so commonplace that we should all just suck it up, roll over and accept defeat? |
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| Unwanted but unwilling to accept defeat, and whining loudly from neighboring trees whenever the couple was copulating, the three rivals attacked Donald one at a time. |
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| Switzerland must also be ready to accept defeat, for peace talks are protracted, and all too often fail. |
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| In minority situations government must learn to accept defeat on bills meaning that legislative outcomes need not be predetermined. |
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| In that case, the audience has no choice to accept defeat, accept the fact that they have been skillfully manipulated. |
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| The amazing thing about Western democracies is that they convince the losers to accept defeat gracefully. |
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| It teaches us to accept defeat with humility without, however, becoming immobilized by the fear of losing. |
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| You like challenges, love to build and maintain professional business relationships and won't accept defeat. |
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| Practitioners offer a daily fight with the urine of their patient, to accept defeat in the end. |
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| Well, here's a real gem from the document: Too often, elections become a source of conflict, because the losing side does not accept defeat. |
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| On 6 August 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima to force the Japanese generals to accept defeat. |
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| For a nation attempting to build and consolidate democratic institutions, the challenge facing rival leaders is to accept defeat as a bridge beyond personal ambition and party interest. |
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| Consequently, Tsvangirai pulled out to protect his supporters, saying that if Mugabe would not accept defeat, there was no point in taking part in a sham election. |
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| I play to win, but I accept defeat with dignity. |
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| While genuinely democratic elections create legitimacy and stability, too often elections instead become a source of conflict because they are flawed or because the losing side does not accept defeat. |
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| In spite of this, the Bianconeri refused to accept defeat, and clawed their way back courtesy of excellent duo Sebastian Giovinco and Vincenzo Iaquinta. |
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| Sometimes you have to tip your hat to the opposition and accept defeat. |
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| Shortly thereafter Whitlam arrived in the tally room to accept defeat. |
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