prevailing on
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The first lawsuit yielded a split decision this year, with the government winning some legal points and the company largely prevailing on tax calculations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
"Our experiments indicate that life could emerge from a very small set of molecules, under conditions such as those prevailing on volcanic islands on the early Earth," says Adriana Serrão, lead author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
His prospects for prevailing on that ground are negligible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
Outplayed in the second half, the Spirit managed a 0-0 draw before prevailing on penalty kicks, 9-8, in 10 rounds — twice as long as a standard tiebreaker.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2022
Above mixed black, grayish brown and buff; black prevailing on head; feathers of foreback with buffy white spots on either side near the end; below much as in No. 373f.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.
