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
Memories of the horrific wildfires of 2025 are not enough to overcome eco-bureaucracy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
SpaceX will have to overcome history to perform well.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
"South Africa has overcome far greater challenges than this. We have overcome division. We have overcome conflict. We have overcome injustice. We will overcome this challenge too."
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
But let me not hate and despise myself too much for these feelings; I know them to be wrong—that is a great step gained; I shall strive to overcome them.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing overcome
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