insurmountable
Example Sentences
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One was that Washington could maintain an insurmountable technological lead over foreigners by restricting tech exports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
He said this created a "multi-generational financial and environmental liability", leaving our descendants with years of flood defence maintenance and the "insurmountable challenge of safe, millennia-long, highly radioactive nuclear waste isolation, amid a changing climate".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
That addition to your monthly payment might seem insurmountable at first.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
She told The Times that insurmountable red tape blocked her from making changes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
The Court justified this insurmountable hurdle on the grounds that considerable deference is owed the exercise of prosecutorial discretion.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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