Citations:unconcession
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English citations of unconcession
Noun: "the retraction of a prior concession"
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- 2000 — Noah Robischon, "Derision 2000", Entertainment Weekly, 13 November 2000:
- Don't look to CNN, the New York Times, or the Drudge Report for this scoop: The transcript of Gore's early morning unconcession phone call to Bush.
- 2004 — Grant Barrett, The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang, Oxford University Press (2004), →ISBN, page 13:
- In 2000, after Gore's unconcession, he demanded a recount of several Florida counties, although other states still had outstanding final tallies that could have affected the election
- 2004 — Paul Slansky, The George W. Bush Quiz Book, Broadway Books (2004), →ISBN, page 65:
- Complete Al Gore's response to George W. Bush after he reacted badly to Gore's telephoned unconcession: […]
- 2009 — Brian Montopoli, "Doug Hoffman 'Unconcedes' House Race", CBS News, 16 November 2009:
- Hoffman announced his unconcession on Glenn Beck's radio show this afternoon.