be overcome
Example Sentences
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While pouring sand from one container to another, Chakraborty appears to be overcome with dust.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
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
He is showing Nigerians that obstacles and prejudice can be overcome, and people with disabilities can succeed like everyone else if given the opportunity.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The lesson, he wrote, was that “fear often can be overcome simply by facing it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
A lifetime of conditioning could be overcome, but not easily.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
