prevails upon
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The corporate chieftain prevails upon Beale to “preach” a new “evangel” to his audience in which he decries individualism and embraces what the movie’s narrator calls “the corporate cosmology of Arthur Jensen.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2021
Now one, now the other, according to the temper of the times, prevails upon thought.
From Time Magazine Archive
After serenading his mistress, who knows him only by the name of Count Lindoro, he prevails upon Figaro, the factotum of the place, to bring about an interview with her.
From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
Golaud prevails upon her to go with him—the night is coming on, and she cannot remain alone in the forest.
From Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score by Gilman, Lawrence
If the temperature which prevails upon Mars is nearer to -36° C. than to -73° C., the existence of living beings like ourselves is possible.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
