prevails on
Example Sentences
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The hardships of the coming winter could do much to determine who prevails, on the battlefield and with the narratives that shape it.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2022
If Cameron prevails on the procedural issue, he said, he wants to give the law a second chance before the 6th U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
That’s why an old saw prevails on Capitol Hill when the sides struggle with a complicated bill.
From Fox News ● Aug. 9, 2020
But Brady, in that case, would be risking having to serve his suspension later, potentially late in the season when the games really matter, if the NFL prevails on appeal.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2015
And how much are these needed in this country, where the most barbarous ignorance prevails on the subject of cleanliness, sleeping accommodations, &c.!
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
