insurmountable

Example Sentences

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But she said the challenge was not insurmountable.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

And for service workers—the people who staff hospitals, schools, restaurants and local government—the barriers are often insurmountable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

Indeed, like Rogen’s character, the pair have — against almost insurmountable odds — completely transformed their own 102-year-old institution.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

A double in the sixth edged GB in front again, but the concession of three in the following end gave the Americans a lead that looked insurmountable until Morrison's late intervention gave them a lifeline.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Though it is a strange concept physically, it is the predictive power of the equations that interests scientists, rather than their comprehensibility—and an extra six dimensions do not constitute an insurmountable problem, mathematically.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife