They had to cede possession of the land after they lost the battle. From LearnThat.org.
Romney can't "cede" Massachusetts, because it ceased being his long ago. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Romney Camp Bashes Massachusetts In New Ad] Reference
However, there is no indication that the Obama administration would ultimately be willing to "cede" Lebanon to Syria in order to seal a deal. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Are you willing to cede a lot of your power to her?. From Wordnik.com. [Laughing Amid The Ruins] Reference
No one would now cede so much economic power to a private individual. From Wordnik.com. [J. P. Morgan Rises Again] Reference
But it is about good wrestling with evil and refusing to cede the field. From Wordnik.com. [We Are Here For Andrea] Reference
Nigeria's military government promises to cede power to civilians in 1992. From Wordnik.com. [A Longing For Liberty] Reference
Executives say Sanyo was often reluctant to cede decision making to the parent. From Wordnik.com. [Panasonic Tackles Sanyo Challenge] Reference
For that to happen, Putin must choose someone loyal enough to cede supreme power. From Wordnik.com. [A Kremlin Shake-Up] Reference
But the United States is also not willing to cede influence in Asia to a rising China. From Wordnik.com. [John Feffer: Pentagon in Asia: Use It or Lose It] Reference
"Selecting Hillary Clinton as secretary of state will just cede more of his authority.". From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Rodham Powell?] Reference
Proud and prickly in triumph, Bush's aides weren't about to cede the moral high ground. From Wordnik.com. [A Battle Royal] Reference
Few politicians want to cede credit for crime's decline to a distant Supreme Court ruling. From Wordnik.com. [Do We Care About Truth?] Reference
The French, Germans and British didn't want to cede the global aircraft market to the United States. From Wordnik.com. [NO FREE LAUNCH] Reference
In return, Chad has agreed, in essence, to cede its sovereignty over how its oil income will be spent. From Wordnik.com. [Africa's New Deal] Reference
Little surprise then, that politicians are reluctant to cede control of a natural resource to foreigners. From Wordnik.com. [Energy Crunch] Reference
But Ross Perot's loyalists refused to cede control of the party he founded, igniting a petty internal war. From Wordnik.com. ['The Body' Slams His Party] Reference
Nepalese protesters calling for King Gyanendra to cede the throne and make way for a constitutional democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Perspectives] Reference
The best evidence of his willingness to cede the spotlight is shown by his knack for making high-profile hires. From Wordnik.com. [The Ceo's Challenge] Reference
The quid pro quo: if Blair became prime minister, as he did in 1997, he would at some point cede the job to Brown. From Wordnik.com. [A QUESTION OF WHEN] Reference
This is why her party's warring regional satraps, who do not cede an inch to any of their rivals, can accept Sonia. From Wordnik.com. [Sonia, The Ideal Symbol] Reference
For their part, Palestinians want Israel to agree in advance to cede sovereignty over nearly all of East Jerusalem. From Wordnik.com. [A Prod For Peace Talks] Reference
Lee will disappoint those younger Singaporeans who want the PAP to change dramatically, even cede its grip on power. From Wordnik.com. [Singapore's Sunny Face] Reference
Today, Taiwan is seeking closer ties with China, and Japan is preparing itself to cede geopolitical leadership to China. From Wordnik.com. [How to Save Trade Partners That are Too Big to Fail] Reference
Unlike Time Warner's Levin, Murdoch apparently sees himself as a buyer; he doesn't want to cede power to a nerdy upstart. From Wordnik.com. [Decisions Ahead] Reference
Others are loath to cede decision-making authority to a market of their underlings or a SimBiz game involving college kids. From Wordnik.com. [An Experimental Mind] Reference
His willingness to cede most of the West Bank and the Golan Heights left some of the hawks feeling they'd acted recklessly. From Wordnik.com. [Between Barack and a Hard Place] Reference
Dean later appeared to cede that Fox had not aired the edited tape before Sherrod stepped down, but said it was irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Dean: Fox News 'absolutely racist' in Sherrod flap] Reference
Human-resources directors, all too aware that many hiring decisions lead to litigation, are loath to cede the responsibility. From Wordnik.com. [When Workers Do The Hiring] Reference
They were set up so insurance companies could essentially cede people who they predicted would have very high health-care costs. From Wordnik.com. [Got Insurance?] Reference
(At one Washington think tank, staffers were joking that Palin's best strategy in the debate would be to cede all her time to Biden.). From Wordnik.com. [McCain’s Mrs. Right] Reference
In between, Foreign Minister David Levy quit in protest over Barak's willingness to cede parts of East Jerusalem to the Palestinians. From Wordnik.com. [Smiling Through A Troubling Season] Reference
Once such groups have power on the ground, America must either fight them or, if that would be too costly, cede ground to them in some way. From Wordnik.com. [No Security, No Democracy] Reference
Since the Treaty of Rome, West European nations have been prepared to cede an ever-growing list of responsibilities to supranational bodies. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of A Really Bad Year] Reference
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