overcome
Example Sentences
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How might we overcome today’s diminished belief in the American dream?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
To overcome that limitation, the research team designed the detector around a metasurface, a patterned structure that concentrates electromagnetic energy into extremely small regions.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
He was the losing pitcher in a 1-0 game his sophomore year, had to overcome his injury and returned to peak form to deliver a pitching performance that will be remembered and admired for years.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
The bottom line: You can overcome many mediocre stock picks by holding for the long term.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
Galen’s extraordinary logorrhoea—his surviving works amount to 3 million words, and represent perhaps a third of what he wrote—is the consequence of his obsessive and futile effort to overcome this insuperable obstacle.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing overcome
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