Infinite set, disjunction, and tautology

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Let {A1, A2, A3, ... } be an in finite set of formulas in propositional logic. Assume that
for every valuation v there is some n (depending on v) such that v(An) = 1. Show
then that there is some fixed m with A1 \vee A2 \vee ... \vee Am a tautology.

This is equivalent to showing that v(Ai) = 1 for at least one 1\leqi\leqm. But I'm not sure where to proceed from here.
 
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