Sentence examples for prevailed in the second from inspiring English sources

Yet, this would have been far less likely if Marine Le Pen had prevailed in the second round of the French presidential elections.

But in the end Juan Manuel Santos prevailed in the second round of Colombia's presidential election, winning another four-year term and a mandate to negotiate an end to Colombia's 50-year war with the FARC guerrillas.

He prevailed in the second round, held on May 12, with the support of more than 40 parties and received 65 percent of the total vote, although the election was marred by low voter turnout and allegations of fraud.

Tweets can be correlated with debate topics like "economy," "healthcare," and "governing" (here's an analysis of the first debate) and aid the discovery of hot-button issues ("women" prevailed in the second debate).

McCown and the Bears prevailed in the second stringer showdown 27-20.

ASTROS 3, CUBS 0 Bud Norris 7-133) pitched six scoreless innings as visiting Houston prevailed in the first matchup of 100-loss teams since a Cubs-Mets series in 1962.

Facing each other for the fourth consecutive series between their teams, both pitched seven innings of one-run ball before the Marlins prevailed in the ninth, 2-1, when Cody Ross scored on a one-out wild pitch by Fernando Nieve.

In Sachs's account, the Arcadian ideal prevailed in the first half of the nineteenth century.

In 1962 he prevailed in the first three-way playoff in Masters history to win his third championship at Augusta.

Abstract figures do not convey the atmosphere of intense competition that prevailed in the first half of the session.

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