as in to satisfy
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests
we prevailed on him to sing in front of all his friends
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Determine what your audience requires, then offer basic tools to satisfy those demands.Adhip Ray, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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The Kalundborg site, where a fire was also reported earlier this year, plays a key role in Novo’s long-term plan to satisfy demand.Madison Muller, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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The Kremlin reportedly used social media accounts and coded messages to quietly persuade voters away from supporting Ukraine and toward supporting Russia instead.Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Ultimately, the producers succeeded in persuading him for the second time to join the show.Regina Kim, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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That year, a pair of young girls named Maggie and Kate Fox convinced the public that spirits communicated with them through mysterious rapping noises.Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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In the movie, Bradshaw’s manager convinces her to be a contestant on The Dating Game by telling her that actor Sally Field was also on the show.Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
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Employers can’t ask their employees to bring their mail ballots to work California Elections Code section 14004 prohibits an employer from requesting or requiring an employee to bring their mail ballot to work or to vote their mail ballot at work.Dan Eaton, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Daniels needs to bring a little more skepticism to his journalism.Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Hot Boys, Birdman and Mannie Fresh all got together for the first time to rehearse on Halloween and practiced the show Friday and early Saturday as well.Shaheem Reid, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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Curves on Surfaces The mystery confronting them was how to get the amplitudes that would usually come from the more intricate space-time trajectories, those with numerous splittings and mergings.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Prevail (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevail%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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