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Prevail meaning
To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others. | To triumph; to be victorious. | To be current, widespread, or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
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Observations: “As we go forward, being able to confront communist China and being able to prevail against communist China is going to be much more difficult than it was to prevail over the Soviet Union.
I thank God Almighty that truth has prevailed and those justices have shown that no matter how long truth will prevail and they have allowed the will of the people to prevail.
Moderate winds blowing from the Southwest to South will prevail over Eastern Visayas, Palawan & Occidental Mindoro with moderate seas while light to moderate winds from the Southwest to West will prevail over rest of Visayas with light to moderate seas.
After some initial mis-steps, the Russians began to prevail in early 2023.
A group of protesters under the aegis Concerned Oodua Defendants (COD), staged a protest in Ibadan on Thursday, calling on South-West governors to prevail on the leader of the pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo to step aside.
Although his time on this side of Heaven is over, his impact and legacy will live on in everyone who longs to see righteousness and justice prevail in our culture.
And to commit to providing the weapons that Ukraine needs to prevail.
As a result, the 12-step method tends to prevail — but while Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous have helped millions of people, they have also been known to actively discourage the use of lifesaving anti-addiction medications.
As the 2023 Rugby World Cup reaches its climax on Saturday, the 28th of October, we call upon the French public to let the spirit of sportsmanship prevail.
As we roll that outlook two months forward, nothing has fundamentally changed and we remain highly optimistic that tightness will prevail going into 2024.
Both eagles and chiefs appear in this week’s Torah portion, but which will prevail on Sunday?
Both players have previously called for peace to prevail.
Brilliant half-centuries by Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis went in vain as Chennai Super Kings chipped in with timely wickets to prevail over Royal Challengers by eight runs in Match 24 of IPL 2023 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Monday.
But in our country, rules are established that when a traditional festivity takes place, traditional norms prevail,” Peña explains.
But will they also prevail with Oscar?
Despite the fact that NATO is far wealthier than Russia, the Russians believe the massive NATO support for Ukraine won’t last as long as the Russian determination to prevail.
Due to the LPA’s trough, cloudy skies and rain should be expected over Caraga Region, as well as Davao Oriental, while scattered rain showers will prevail over Eastern Visayas.
Even with tongue planted in cheek, deeper realities prevail, namely, that what we consider natural as a culture may not line up with nature in and of itself.
Expect the grease to prevail in October.
From Armenia and Azerbaijan to Syria and Yemen, Ukraine to South and Congo and the Korean peninsula, the pope appealed for humanitarian initiatives, dialogue and security to prevail over violence and death.