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insurmountable

[in-ser-moun-tuh-buhl] / ˌɪn sərˈmaʊn tə bəl /


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The danger isn’t insurmountable, but it’s just another barrier for the Federal Reserve as it tries to restore low U.S. inflation for the first time in nearly six years.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

He said this created a "multi-generational financial and environmental liability", leaving our descendants with years of flood defence maintenance and the "insurmountable challenge of safe, millennia-long, highly radioactive nuclear waste isolation, amid a changing climate".

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Mexico's economy secretary, Marcelo Ebrard, confirmed the impasse but said there were no insurmountable differences to resolve.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

She told The Times that insurmountable red tape blocked her from making changes.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

She didn’t think he had even experienced true depression, despite the grimness of his surroundings and what would seem to others to be insurmountable obstacles.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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