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

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

That’s precisely why I forced myself to surmount my anxiety on the second day of Lollapalooza when we were slated to see the Chilis.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2024

To the dismay of the Japanese climbers, however, the ladder was falling apart and had become partially detached from the rock, so ninety minutes of strenuous climbing were required to surmount this 20-foot cliff.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Yet the show, now on view at the Brick through Sept. 19, is an achingly beautiful meditation on the difficulty of communication and the shared goodwill that intermittently, imperfectly, surmounts it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

Yet however cleverly constructed and enthusiastically executed, this debut feature — shot on an iPhone in a single location — rarely surmounts the twistiness of its premise and the repetitiveness of its setups.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022

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

From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2021

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

Stocks have also surmounted another potential threat: The revival of the conflict between the U.S. and Iran.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

If the board of directors approves it, his plans will have surmounted a first crucial hurdle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Below, though the threads were in places blurred or broken, the outline could be seen of an anvil and a hammer surmounted by a crown with seven stars.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Walker—three women who built empires by surmounting steep racial and gender barriers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

While Siwa faced surmounting challenges when she came out — the star was able to do it years earlier than child stars who came before her like Lovato and Symoné.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 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