insurmountable

Example Sentences

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Management argues that the wealth gap between clubs like the Dodgers and their small-market counterparts has become an insurmountable chasm, leaving some teams unable to compete.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Rodríguez herself faces insurmountable obstacles, beginning with her utter lack of legitimacy.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the surface, it is a love story between Hal and Madge, but underneath it’s a meditation on class, yearning, broken dreams, and the nearly insurmountable obstacles to leading a life of meaning and purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal

Compromise on this issue may not be insurmountable, but it would require a level of trust between two neighbouring states when none exists.

From BBC

"Armed with this new technique, we can unravel mysteries about dinosaur evolution that used to be insurmountable."

From Science Daily