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“And we will continue to organize, pray, advocate and stand shoulder-to-shoulder until justice prevails.”

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In situations where “you can’t have an independent response,” Almond said, a person is more likely to accede to the room’s prevailing opinion.

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"We stand at the edge of a new era - one where our natural rights will prevail," she told viewers.

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Vindictive prosecution defenses are so rarely successful that legal experts struggle to recall the last time such an argument prevailed.

It blew topsy-turvy in an eastward direction, borne by fate and the prevailing winds toward the wide, unforgiving sea.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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