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As McCain so eloquently stated Monday, we must not “risk our national honor to prevail in this or any war.”

And if the Little Sisters prevail, the entire contraception mandate falls.

Photoshop, on-line image manipulators and videogamers prevail.

These fanatical groups wish to create fundamentalist enclaves in which some version of Sharia law will prevail.

Then, a Perry campaign has to prevail in the general election.

Dense fogs always prevail, and generally make the country very damp.

The Marshal's arguments seemed about to prevail when news arrived that Bruyre, commanding the cavalry, was seriously wounded.

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "Behold, how ye prevail nothing; lo, the world is gone after him."

Fortunately, they prevail in a comparatively small section, for we did not find them outside of Cornwall and Devon.

Its surface would be visited by fierce winds induced by the very great differences of temperature which would then prevail.

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On this page you'll find 98 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to prevail, such as: abound, beat, overcome, prove, reign, and succeed.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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