surmount

Sometimes, even the best-laid plans can’t surmount a brick wall.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

When Franklin Roosevelt signed the law creating the Federal Housing Administration in 1934, the country’s political class, or most of it, assumed the government could surmount any problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Neither actor really tries to surmount their 20-year age gap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

The results have implications for efforts to help children with hearing loss surmount initial language delays caused by a lack of auditory input and access to speech sounds before they receive cochlear implants.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024

Kunthi was different from the other women, quieter, more reserved, and for all that we tried to be at ease with her there was a barrier which we could not surmount.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

The line surmounts central Tacoma’s steep slope by climbing north of downtown, followed by a U-turn into Martin Luther King, Jr. Way South.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

It’s the sort of heartening journey that will make one want to shout “Go, Teddy! Go!” each time he surmounts another hurdle.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019

But when the Red Woman reminds her that she’s been training very nearly her whole life for this, she surmounts her fear.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2019

Name-recognition, either through the media or word-of-mouth within cadres of art collectors, surmounts all.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2017

The dogs fall silent at the edge of my spell, and where the king’s hall surmounts the town, the blind old Shaper, harp clutched tight to his fragile chest, stares futilely down, straight at me.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

Stocks have also surmounted another potential threat: The revival of the conflict between the U.S. and Iran.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

There are many engineering challenges that would have to be surmounted to make such a system operational, says Cohen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

These are issues that could potentially be surmounted through negotiation.

From BBC ● May 7, 2024

The researchers have now surmounted this security vulnerability by leveraging terahertz waves to develop an antitampering ID tag that still offers the benefits of being tiny, cheap, and secure.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2024

It was surmounted by a portrait of Napoleon, in profile, executed by Squealer in white paint.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

Walker—three women who built empires by surmounting steep racial and gender barriers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

While Siwa faced surmounting challenges when she came out — the star was able to do it years earlier than child stars who came before her like Lovato and Symoné.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024

The paper also provides examples of how people are surmounting some of these obstacles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023

It’s associated with pleasure and the expectation or experience of a reward, which can include the surmounting of a threat “such as overcoming fear, winning a race, receiving respect and approbation from others,” Spiegel says.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 16, 2023

When they were able to arrange a meeting, surmounting all of Blanca’s usual obstacles in addition to the new ones imposed by Pedro’s job, they would find themselves more full of anguish than desire.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende