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overcome

[oh-ver-kuhm] / ˌoʊ vərˈkʌm /




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Companies like Deep Fission must prove they can meet short timelines, contain costs and overcome the industry’s historic challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Sri Lankan poet-turned-author Michael Ondaatje’s 1992 novel “The English Patient” is a lyrical, highly detailed exploration of love across the decades and how its sacred qualities overcome time and geography.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

As Meta Platforms prepares to report second-quarter earnings, the company is confronting a wall of artificial-intelligence pessimism that will be difficult to overcome.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

To overcome this reluctance and ensure that only people interested in tying the knot joined, those signing up had to prove that they were legally single and pass an online interview, among other conditions.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

They were bigger than the bossling in MidPass, but still I wondered how they had managed to overcome Nyame.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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

What is your vision for how Europe overcomes this?

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

But even here, her sincerity overcomes her weakness for sentimental flourishes, including Amine Bouhafa’s treacly score.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2026

Whether it’s the idea that misery loves company or that everyone endures and overcomes some sort of hardship, a glimmer of hope exists in a future that is unwritten.

From Salon Dec. 31, 2025

“If you set the surge up high enough, you’ll be glad you’re awake; that’s the whole point. At setting C it overcomes the threshold barring consciousness, as it does for me.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Traders using Robinhood Markets overcame anxiety around cryptocurrency and technology stocks in the latest quarter, betting big on events like the World Cup and driving the brokerage platform’s revenue to record levels.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

James led the Cavaliers to four consecutive NBA Finals and a championship in 2016 when Cleveland overcame a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Warriors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

By replacing physical motion with synthetic rotation, the researchers overcame challenges that have limited experimental studies of extreme rotational physics for decades.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

England overcame Mexico's home advantage, vociferous fans and the much-documented altitude to book their place in the World Cup quarter-finals.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

The effort to recall was too great; there was a buzzing in his head, and a wash of fatigue overcame him.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Joshua has always spoken about legacy, and there would be something fitting about walking away after overcoming one of the toughest periods of his life and producing a dramatic comeback victory.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

They are the first nation to be men's and women's World Cup winners at the same time – La Roja overcoming England in the Women's World Cup final in Sydney in 2023.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Just 12 years later, the Norsemen administered another hammer blow to English soccer’s fragile psyche, overcoming the Three Lions 2-0 in a 1993 qualifying game that contributed to England missing the 1994 World Cup entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Aguilar, 43, had amassed a sizable following as an influencer on Instagram and YouTube, where he spoke of overcoming poverty and addiction before creating a chain of gyms called Self Made Training Facility.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 2026

Often it involves overcoming my fears—as it did in this case.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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