surmount

Sometimes, even the best-laid plans can’t surmount a brick wall.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

Treasury yields rose as inflation fears continued to surmount growth worries—even after a disappointing U.S. jobs print Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Neither actor really tries to surmount their 20-year age gap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

The results have implications for efforts to help children with hearing loss surmount initial language delays caused by a lack of auditory input and access to speech sounds before they receive cochlear implants.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024

My eye passed all other objects to rest on those most remote, the blue peaks; it was those I longed to surmount; all within their boundary of rock and heath seemed prison-ground, exile limits.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The line surmounts central Tacoma’s steep slope by climbing north of downtown, followed by a U-turn into Martin Luther King, Jr. Way South.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

Each arrives at a version of freedom that surmounts the original constraints.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2021

But when the Red Woman reminds her that she’s been training very nearly her whole life for this, she surmounts her fear.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2019

Name-recognition, either through the media or word-of-mouth within cadres of art collectors, surmounts all.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2017

The dogs fall silent at the edge of my spell, and where the king’s hall surmounts the town, the blind old Shaper, harp clutched tight to his fragile chest, stares futilely down, straight at me.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

There are many engineering challenges that would have to be surmounted to make such a system operational, says Cohen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The researchers have now surmounted this security vulnerability by leveraging terahertz waves to develop an antitampering ID tag that still offers the benefits of being tiny, cheap, and secure.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2024

Over at Shrubsole, I couldn’t look away from the contemporaneous Chinoiserie “epergne,” a botanically themed silver serving dish whose nine separate floating bowls are surmounted by a pagoda roof topped with a pineapple.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

People also relate to the incredible odds Park surmounted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

Directly south of it was a tall white tower surmounted by a green dome: Imperial College.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

Pianists have to stay on the job, maintaining composure and surmounting anxieties, so that their work acquires the necessary finish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

The band discusses their challenges without being deterred or overwhelmed by their situation, enduring and surmounting life's trials and tribulations with unapologetic grace and determination.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024

The paper also provides examples of how people are surmounting some of these obstacles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023

It’s associated with pleasure and the expectation or experience of a reward, which can include the surmounting of a threat “such as overcoming fear, winning a race, receiving respect and approbation from others,” Spiegel says.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 16, 2023

When they were able to arrange a meeting, surmounting all of Blanca’s usual obstacles in addition to the new ones imposed by Pedro’s job, they would find themselves more full of anguish than desire.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende