surmount
Example Sentences
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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.
His creativity surmounted the quotidian constraints of public commissions.
From Los Angeles Times
Newsom, 58, a former San Francisco mayor who was born to a wealthy and well-connected San Francisco family, suggested in the CBS interview that he had already surmounted significant obstacles.
From Los Angeles Times
Elwood is convinced he can surmount obstacles; Turner is resigned to going around them.
From Los Angeles Times
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
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