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overcome

[oh-ver-kuhm] / ˌoʊ vərˈkʌm /




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The 24-year-old has overcome her share of setbacks to achieve a historic haul of four European gold medals in a sensational seven days on home soil.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Bitcoin’s outlook depends on whether improving liquidity and institutional access can overcome regulatory delays and short-term exchange traded fund outflows, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

It’s a feeling Ron is overcome with in the moment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

To overcome this problem, the team built on past work and developed a way to remove much of the unwanted background DNA before sequencing begins.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

No persuasions or enticements could overcome her fear, till, the fact coming to Mr. Laurence’s ear in some mysterious way, he set about mending matters.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

This overcomes a key challenge facing Moore's Law that Intel sums up as: "You can make something smaller and smaller and smaller... until you can't".

From Barron's May 25, 2026

The new device, described in the journal Nature, overcomes this challenge by reusing much of the energy needed to run it.

From Science Daily May 5, 2026

What is your vision for how Europe overcomes this?

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

But even here, her sincerity overcomes her weakness for sentimental flourishes, including Amine Bouhafa’s treacly score.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2026

All is quiet except for the thumps and scuffles of their footsteps, and Mark finds that his excitement over who might be in the boat overcomes the growing stench as they descend.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

But after 54 hours of work and several timely pep talks, Claude overcame its skepticism—and its case of impostor syndrome— and surprised itself with the result.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

The result also overcame significant doubts within the scientific community about whether sunlight could realistically drive the process.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Traders using Robinhood Markets overcame anxiety around cryptocurrency and technology stocks in the latest quarter, betting big on events like the World Cup and driving the brokerage platform’s revenue to record levels.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

It said the school leaned on how applicants answered “hardship” questions — which ask students how they overcame disadvantages — as a proxy for race.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

The best of them overcame their flaws, did their duty, and died with their swords in their hands.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Still, Fofana says "small details" have helped him stay fit having broken his leg at Leicester before overcoming an ACL injury and hamstring surgery at Chelsea.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

It’s perhaps because Reynolds is so familiar with overcoming feelings of insecurity that she understood Alice so well.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Iran “has seen what types of maneuvers are the most effective ones for overcoming missile defense,” Hinz said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

England have struggled to set this World Cup alight since overcoming Croatia 4-2 in their first group game.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Often it involves overcoming my fears—as it did in this case.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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