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prevail

[pri-vayl] / prɪˈveɪl /


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But he said it was increasingly difficult to see how Drax's position could prevail.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

"But a case like Jacqui and Olivia's is almost exemplary of the systemic rot and failings that prevail throughout the entire system."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The moves show how Italy’s biggest banks are playing their cards to prevail in a yearslong wave of dealmaking that is shaking up the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

It also reflects on how hatred can prevail and how there’s often a tendency to blame others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"And if we do make peace with King foffrey, are we not then traitors to King Renly? What if the stag should prevail against the lion, where would that leave us?"

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

But no matter who prevails, it’s clear that the Mizrahim are no longer simply a constituency to be courted; they have become the country’s center of gravity—and key to understanding Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"In order to maintain its presence, its foremost mission is to ensure that the government prevails no matter what threats are underway," Ochieng said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

With the France attack looking formidable, it will be interesting to see if their unstoppable force or Spain's immovable object prevails in the contest on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

They said he faced an “unrecoverable loss” since the money likely couldn’t be recouped even if he eventually prevails.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Light social conversation, designed to keep the party going, prevails.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

Previous attempts to explain why matter prevailed over antimatter generally left out the decoupled heavy neutrino.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

In the end, 12:30 p.m. at State Farm Arena prevailed as the best of bad options.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The editors prevailed, and within the story he delivered a sentence that struck deep within the heart of every loyal and long-suffering Angels fan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

If the ploy works, it’s proof that they were right all along — that cooler heads prevailed and the initial controversy was an overreaction.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

A strange stillness prevailed over the scene as the stentorian thunder of bombardment yielded to the minuscule cries and commands of distant voices.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

That gap helped shape prevailing theories about ape evolution.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

But the prevailing mood inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before kick-off against Palace, undoubtedly shaped by the past, was that the visit of a struggling side represented a banana skin rather than an opportunity.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Still, CoreWeave’s future does look dimmer if prevailing interest rates keep going up, if appetite for AI-related debt keeps weakening and concerns about the AI boom’s sustainability turn into a dearth of funding options.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Yet the prevailing trend in long-dated yields clearly matters to long-term equity returns, said Jordan Rizzuto, managing partner and CIO at GammaRoad Capital Partners.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026

The prevailing opinion was that the war was about to end.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel


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