Thesaurus / surmount
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The good news is that every state seems to have surmounted the wave and new cases are now generally on the decline.
COVID-19 CASES AREN’T DROPPING ANYMOREERIN FENNESSYMARCH 2, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEFor Bullock in Gravity, all those miles above Earth, reconnecting with home means surmounting the death of a daughter.
IN SCIENCE FICTION, WE ARE NEVER HOME - ISSUE 95: ESCAPESTEVE ERICKSONFEBRUARY 10, 2021NAUTILUSAs a consequence, Nina is placed in an impossible position, but one she is determined to surmount.
LESBIAN LOVE STORY BECOMES THRILLER IN ‘TWO OF US’JOHN PAUL KINGFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEFormulaic action scenes became riotous steeplechases as Zorro surmounted obstacles with somersaults and handsprings, sometimes pausing for a snack.
ZORRO AT 100: WHY THE ORIGINAL SWASHBUCKLER IS STILL THE QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN ACTION HEROMICHAEL SRAGOWJANUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTNow he’s seeking his fourth ring, inching closer to Michael Jordan’s six — which, no matter how much he downplays it, is a hill he’s still trying to surmount.
THE NBA FINALS BURST THE ANALYTICS BUBBLEJOSHUA EFERIGHESEPTEMBER 29, 2020OZYHis fiery enthusiasm swept aside all difficulties; his inventive genius ever showed him the way to surmount all obstacles.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONIt was the personality of their general which had taught the French soldiers to surmount all difficulties.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONThe true spirit of success is not to look at obstacles, but to keep the eye on the many ways in which to surmount them.
CHOICE READINGS FOR THE HOME CIRCLEANONYMOUSThey are daunted by nothing they surmount walls and hedges, and enter enclosed gardens or inhabited houses.
THE ONTARIO READERS: THE HIGH SCHOOL READER, 1886MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMy mind was staggered with a view of the difficulties I had to surmount and the little interest I possessed.
THE LIFE OF HORATIO LORD NELSONROBERT SOUTHEYWORDS RELATED TO SURMOUNT
- bears with
- blinks at
- condones
- disregards
- excuses
- forgives
- goes along with
- grins and bears it
- handles
- ignores
- let goes
- lets bygones is bygones
- lets passes
- lives with
- looks the other way
- pays no mind
- plays past
- puts up with
- rolls with punches
- stands for
- stomachs
- swims with the tide
- takes
- tunes out
- turns blind eye to
- whitewashes
- wink at
- wipes slate clean
- arise
- arouse
- aspire
- awake
- be erect
- be located
- be situated
- blast off
- bob up
- climb
- come up
- get out of bed
- get steeper
- get to one's feet
- go uphill
- grow
- have foundation
- levitate
- lift
- mount
- move up
- pile out
- push up
- reach up
- rise and shine
- rise up
- rocket
- roll out
- rouse
- scale
- sit up
- slope upwards
- soar
- sprout
- stand up
- straighten up
- surface
- surge
- surmount
- sweep upward
- tower
- turn out
- up
- upspring
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquire
- arrive
- avail
- be successful
- benefit
- carry off
- come off
- conquer
- distance
- do all right
- do the trick
- earn
- flourish
- fulfill
- gain
- get
- get to the top
- grow famous
- hit
- make a fortune
- make good
- make it
- make out
- obtain
- outdistance
- outwit
- overcome
- possess
- prevail
- profit
- prosper
- pull off
- realize
- reap
- receive
- recover
- retrieve
- score
- secure
- surmount
- thrive
- triumph
- turn out
- vanquish
- win
- work
- worst
- accomplishes
- achieves
- acquires
- arrives
- avails
- benefits
- carries off
- comes off
- conquers
- distances
- does all right
- does the trick
- earns
- flourishes
- fulfills
- gains
- gets
- gets to the top
- grows famous
- hits
- is successful
- makes a fortune
- makes good
- makes it
- makes out
- obtains
- outdistances
- outwits
- overcomes
- possesses
- prevails
- profits
- prospers
- pulls off
- realizes
- reaps
- receives
- recovers
- retrieves
- scores
- secures
- surmounts
- thrives
- triumphs
- turns out
- vanquishes
- wins
- works
- worsts
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