prevail on
Example Sentences
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“The Government has not shown that it is likely to prevail on the legal arguments advanced in its stay application,” the Court said Monday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
This suggested the Justices believed the Administration was likely to prevail on the legal merits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
There is a strong argument to say they would also prevail on ice and sand, but there is no doubt court speeds have become much more uniform over the past 20 years.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
How can public interest prevail on platforms and in outlets that are privately owned?
From Salon ● May 26, 2025
The commander of the English fleet, still in pursuit of these pirates, attempted to prevail on England to serve him as spy and pilot, but in vain.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
