insurmountable
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UConn faced a seemingly insurmountable deficit against Duke in the Elite Eight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
But she said the challenge was not insurmountable.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
I was honestly kind of shocked that the proposal didn’t even acknowledge this insurmountable obstacle.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 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
“An almost insurmountable handicap for the Huskies,” declared the New York Sun’s Malcolm Roy.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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