be overcome

Example Sentences

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Those can be overcome with Starship, a mega-rocket that SpaceX said can carry more than four times as much payload to low-Earth orbit as the Falcon 9.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The lesson, he wrote, was that “fear often can be overcome simply by facing it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Of course, the investment thesis could be overcome by events.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

For US energy companies, however, there are huge practical difficulties to be overcome.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

He knew what it was to be overcome with terror.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer