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• We may think of this trend (if that's what it is) as counter-prevailing, a kind of low pressure zone that takes the meterologist by surprise. —  This Blog Sits at the
• His view would be more accurately described as the prevailing view, ... —  Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee
• An economist named Roland Coase "challenged the then-prevailing orthodoxy that government is the only way to protect nature" and "he argued, nature can be protected through property rights, provided they're clearly defined and the cost of enforcing them is low." —  Dennis Zaki Blog - AlaskaReport
• Earlier Thursday, Democratic House Speaker Pat Murphy pledged his commitment to approving all four labor bills this year -- prevailing wage, choice of doctor, fair share and expanding the scope of collective bargaining -- but was less specific about the details.
• He resigned his commission in the United States Army, went to Richmond, and, in accordance with what Wolseley describes as the prevailing principle that had influenced most of the soldiers he met in the South, placed his sword at the disposal of his own State. —  Abraham Lincoln

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