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overcome

[oh-ver-kuhm] / ˌoʊ vərˈkʌm /




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Investors recently soured amid problems and soft demand for its joint replacements, but those look like stumbles that can be overcome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Faced with a lack of dedicated facilities, Cascione applied the same philosophy he used when his baseball team had to rent a field: adapt and overcome the obstacle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard even said this week that the 23-year-old could benefit from being taken out of the team altogether, to overcome what the club's former captain perceives as a lack of confidence.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

"With his support, I’ve now overcome my illness, and I want to give him my positive energy so that he, too, can overcome his illness as quickly as possible," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

“You need to understand your limitations so you can overcome them. You do want to win, don’t you?”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

In fact, GPS also overcomes the challenge through time: A receiver uses the travel times of signals from several satellites, whose positions are known, to calculate its own position.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Not unlike the bestselling memoir “Educated” by Tara Westover, who overcomes an abusive childhood in a rural survivalist Mormon family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

Whether it’s the idea that misery loves company or that everyone endures and overcomes some sort of hardship, a glimmer of hope exists in a future that is unwritten.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025

A strange sensation overcomes me, and the edges of my sight grow dark.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The research team overcame this obstacle by developing a technique that applies tiny amounts of MOF material directly to the mitochondrial surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

But a few passengers, crew and off-duty pilots who landed the plane safely overcame their fear and exercised their courage and sense of duty, and helped to make this miracle happen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

He did not play when the Blues overcame German giants Bayern Munich on penalties to be crowned champions of Europe.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Now aged 65, she has opened up about the harrowing experiences and reflected on how she overcame them to become one of the most well-known faces on British TV.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

By her position, leaning up against the trunk of the tree, I'd guess Glimmer was supposed to be on guard, but fatigue overcame her.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that molecules attached to a surface can reach the ultimate quantum limit of optical coherence, overcoming a major obstacle that has long restricted molecular quantum research.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

The 17-track record is a concept album which explores overcoming heartbreak, self-doubt and internet trolling.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Mesabi took nearly 20 years to complete its iron-ore mine in northern Minnesota, overcoming years of delays, missed deadlines and a bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Smith appeared to be on his way to overcoming a major error in last season’s NFC championship game, when he lost a fumble in the 31-27 defeat by the Seattle Seahawks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

I seem to recall music—jazz or gospel—playing in the back, but conflicting with that I also remember a deep quiet overcoming everything.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates


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