be overcome
Example Sentences
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While pouring sand from one container to another, Chakraborty appears to be overcome with dust.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Those can be overcome with Starship, a mega-rocket that SpaceX said can carry more than four times as much payload to low-Earth orbit as the Falcon 9.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Nevertheless, Hinkles believes if these problems can be overcome, SAF can help reduce our reliance on foreign imports.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
The lesson, he wrote, was that “fear often can be overcome simply by facing it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
He knew what it was to be overcome with terror.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
