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overcome

[oh-ver-kuhm] / ˌoʊ vərˈkʌm /




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It may not be enough to overcome the disgust that Ramaswamy stirred up in voters who have a healthier attitude about family and boundaries.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

At Berkshire Hathaway, Wall Street’s skepticism of sprawling conglomerates was overcome by overwhelming confidence in Warren Buffett himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Modern laboratory techniques have made it possible to overcome these biological restrictions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Duncan Parish told a conference in Lincolnshire on Wednesday there were "institutional challenges" within government that needed to be overcome to deliver change.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Now she was the one overcome with nerves.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Not unlike the bestselling memoir “Educated” by Tara Westover, who overcomes an abusive childhood in a rural survivalist Mormon family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

This overcomes a key challenge facing Moore's Law that Intel sums up as: "You can make something smaller and smaller and smaller... until you can't".

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

Jean-Jacques Rousseau held that human reason prompts us to turn away from others’ suffering, for it is reason that overcomes the instinct of compassion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

The new Harvard device overcomes these limitations by being fully tunable.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026

Brilliant immigrant kid overcomes poverty and the Depression, can’t get a job at the stuffy downtown law firms, makes it on his own through sheer hustle and ability.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

The research team overcame this obstacle by developing a technique that applies tiny amounts of MOF material directly to the mitochondrial surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Elsewhere, defending champion Alcaraz overcame fluctuations in form to beat Jaume Munar and reach the Japan Open final.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Texas Longhorns overcame a 20-point deficit after ESPN’s win probability metric gave the team a 1.9% chance of winning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Luke Littler overcame defending champion Luke Humphries to claim the Czech Open title in Prague.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Finally, sleep overcame my brothers and we turned in for the night.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that molecules attached to a surface can reach the ultimate quantum limit of optical coherence, overcoming a major obstacle that has long restricted molecular quantum research.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Not long ago, CEOs and other senior leaders typically got these one-off awards only occasionally, often as an incentive to retain favored executives or reward them for unexpected wins and overcoming tough challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Smith appeared to be on his way to overcoming a major error in last season’s NFC championship game, when he lost a fumble in the 31-27 defeat by the Seattle Seahawks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The world number three saved two match points before overcoming Taylor Fritz 6-3 4-6 13-11 in a dramatic deciding tie-break at London's O2 Arena.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

“Stage two of training is weighted more heavily than stage one, because it is more closely tied to overcoming cowardice,” he says.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth


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