prevailing on
Example Sentences
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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
The Huskies have been used to prevailing on their diamond in the postseason, a dazzling run of success that had included a trip to the Super Regional every contested year since 2015.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2022
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
Knowing the hard march north, but ignorant of the conditions now prevailing on the Bar T range, he had hesitated to expose more of Larkin’s animals to ruin.
From The Free Range by Duer, Douglas
