overcome

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To overcome this obstacle, the team engineered a modular nanostructure assembled from small components, similar to building with Lego blocks.

From Science Daily

With its tech able to control multiple devices simultaneously, Breaker said it can help defense forces overcome shortages of qualified operators, all of whom need security clearances and background checks.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It must be very difficult to overcome that shyness or thinking, 'maybe I am not good enough'," she said.

From BBC

For US energy companies, however, there are huge practical difficulties to be overcome.

From BBC

It can take at least three years to overcome the identity vacuum, several veteran retirees have told me.

From The Wall Street Journal