31.   Gowda accepted defeat in his closing speech ahead of the vote.

32.   Fujimori had accepted defeat, but was maneuvering to take his spy chief with him.

33.   Having finally to accept defeat, I have taken these affronts personally.

34.   He has little to win and everything to lose from accepting defeat.

35.   He was a fighter who refused to accept defeat as his destiny.

36.   Here, as elsewhere in Chechnya, tens of thousands of Chechens simply refuse to accept defeat.

37.   His opponent, Ratu Epeli, accepted defeat with a Fijian smile.

38.   I can accept defeat because that comes from Allah, but I refuse to lose.

39.   If Bradley had accepted defeat gracefully when the game ended in March and promptly endorsed Gore, he would have seemed like a statesman and a good sport.

40.   Instead, Czyz seemed unable to accept the defeat.