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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevailed (upon)
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Others urged buyers to stockpile.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026 -
The two seem poles apart philosophically — when Cherki assisted Foden with a rabona earlier in the season, Guardiola urged him to learn from Lionel Messi’s ‘simplicity’.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Fuqua is not convinced that Jackson did what he is accused of doing, despite the number of accusers (five) and the fact that Jackson publicly talked about sharing his bed with boys.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Cora considered sending Weissert back out for the seventh, but pitching coach Andrew Bailey convinced him to make a change.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
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Reigns tossed Punk from the announce table onto the ground as the referee begged for both competitors to get back into the ring.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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But a woman in the audience named Amelia thought that begged the question.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Graceffo induced a ground ball from Christian Walker to end the game.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
19 Apr. 2026
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Stem cells are important for this work, as they can be induced to transform into a wide variety of cell types, and the Scripps program would use a two-step process to create transplantable cartilage.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Barnes persuaded Imam and his new wife, Alice, to join the project in Steubenville, and the couple bought a house there in 2019.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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In fact, his ally House Speaker Mike Johnson persuaded him to take it down.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
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His teammates and coaches have implored him to be aggressive, not to scale back too much.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2026
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Last September, Sheriff Greg Tony implored neighboring city West Park to not even consider starting its own police department.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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In the face of what appears to be the abuse and manipulation of these prediction markets, lawmakers have proposed a flurry of actions to rein in the sites and dozens of states have launched lawsuits aiming to have the apps regulated as gambling businesses.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2026
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In the 1970s, James Lovelock proposed that the biosphere was not just green scruff quivering on Earth's surface.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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Amal and Hezbollah officials told the ambassador-designate to remain in Lebanon and exhorted the government to reverse its decision.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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As the timer passed seven minutes, Steve Eckert exhorted a whimpering young man to dunk his head underwater.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Prevailed (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevailed%20%28upon%29. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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