overcome
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The former M*A*S*H star’s program to help researchers overcome their communication challenges has drawn thousands of participants; WSJ sat in on a class.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Those can be overcome with Starship, a mega-rocket that SpaceX said can carry more than four times as much payload to low-Earth orbit as the Falcon 9.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
To overcome the effects of SLAMF6, Veillette and his colleagues created monoclonal antibodies designed to stop the molecule from binding to itself and triggering its suppressive signals.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
SpaceX will have to overcome history to perform well.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
But instead I fanned myself and gave a friendly curtsy, nearly overcome with relief that the strangers and I were not acquainted.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing overcome
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