Sentence examples for ceding the race from inspiring English sources
Still, Senator Barack Obama is not ceding the race.
It was unclear if the Party had acted on any of the remarks, or if the e-mails merely reflected Democratic insiders' frustration with Sanders for not ceding the race, despite near-impossible electoral math.
The Nets, those pesky upstarts with the $88 million roster and the sparkly new arena across the East River, remain stubbornly on the Knicks' heels, refusing to cede the race to their local rivals.
— Beneath the Capitol Dome, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton began a 20-hour, three-state campaign swing with a promise to keep campaigning despite calls for her to cede the race to Senator Barack Obama.
Some Democrats went as far as to say privately that they would be better off without Mr. Torricelli even if they could not field another candidate and had to cede the race.
Cray says it's not about to cede the race.
Kasich's team agreed to pull resources out of Indiana and cede the race there to Cruz.
Faced with the two-term governor's popularity and strong name-recognition, the strongest likely Democratic candidate, U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree, quickly announced that she was staying out of the race, essentially ceding the floor to King.
As rain began to fall, Edwards and Johnson were among 23 drivers to make pit stops on the 129th lap, ceding the lead to Kahne, who won the previous race here on June 8.
But with just 26 days left until the election and the race still tight, neither Obama nor Romney was completely ceding the spotlight.
