overcoming

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Others worry that overcoming the new competition from niche brands and waning interest in U.S. names will continue to be an enormous challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

"To reach the age of 91 was a miracle, overcoming kidney cancer and multiple surgeries, each time he came out fighting but heart failure along with pneumonia and sepsis took him in the end."

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Securing alternative supplies counted as “the most urgent task for overcoming the economic emergency,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

In 2021, he published a memoir “The Deeper the Roots” about overcoming poverty and graduating from Stanford University.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The Christian religion gained influence in Europe over several centuries, gradually overcoming the old religions practiced by the people living there.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz