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prevail

[pri-veyl] / prɪˈveɪl /


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Similarly, British firm Prevail Partners and Ukraine's Skyeton joined forces in July 2025 aiming to produce the Raybird surveillance drone in the UK.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

This piece was originally published in Greg Olear’s newsletter Prevail.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2024

Anything that breaks the monotony is useful, observed Xavier Maniguet, a physician and a survival specialist, in his book Survival: How to Prevail in Hostile Environments.

From Scientific American • Apr. 16, 2021

At the heart of campus stood a peace pole, emblazoned with the phrase “May Peace Prevail On Earth” in a half-dozen languages.

From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2019

Prevail there and it would mean a trip to Berlin, another qualifying race or two, and finally the gold medal race against the best crews in the world.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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