prevail
Example Sentences
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“I’m hoping that you would, especially since you’re a decent man, Dale, that you would prevail upon whoever is conspiring to resurrect the Confederacy to remove this thing,” the 86-year-old Fraser said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Should she prevail, Andreeva would become the third-youngest first-time Grand Slam champion this century, after Maria Sharapova and Emma Raducanu.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Anything short of that might not be enough to prevail anymore.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
Many pilgrims who spoke to AFP expressed their hope that peace would prevail soon.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
“You certainly will meet them if I can prevail; and I shall call on Miss Bates in my way home.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing prevail
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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