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Republicans rejected Lofgren’s invitation for an all-delegation meeting in a letter stating they were “confident that we can prevail upon the president.”

Also, with the founders holding only a 4% stake in Zee, Sony hoped that larger shareholders would prevail upon Goenka to step aside.

“We believe that, of course, every country in the world should do more to prevail upon Russia, especially those who have relationships with Russia, to end this war and leave Ukraine,” said U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

She would prevail upon insurers to cover the drugs, and sometimes she would succeed.

But the judge ruled Thursday that the prosecutors do not have legal standing, which is "fatal to their contention that they have shown a likelihood they will prevail upon their claims."