surmount

Example Sentences

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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

Elwood is convinced he can surmount obstacles; Turner is resigned to going around them.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

That’s precisely why I forced myself to surmount my anxiety on the second day of Lollapalooza when we were slated to see the Chilis.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2024

And yet it’s good that we have to surmount them, since it makes the end that much more beautiful.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank