overcome
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The government recently set a target to set up nearly 19,000 miles of zero-carbon trucking corridors to overcome the long-haul problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
To do that in the pursuit of love is really beautiful, and I think that’s what he has to overcome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
It will create "a more unified country to overcome the challenges the country currently faces", said Tiglu Melese, secretary-general of parliament's upper house.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
"In this work, we aimed to overcome this mismatch between the readily available and the practically useful forms of entanglement," says Andrés-Juanes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
For a moment, Danny was overcome with too many feelings.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Alek Thomas drives in a run during his Dodgers debut and Tarik Skubal overcomes a rocky first inning as the Dodgers extend their winning streak to five games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 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
A sudden stupidity overcomes me, and I feel awkward standing there on her driveway.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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The Russian will face Iga Swiatek in the semi-finals, after the seventh seed overcame opening set service troubles to defeat 10th seed Marta Kostyuk 3-6 6-1 6-2.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The team overcame this obstacle by creating genetically modified "orexin-Cre" rats.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
France’s economy picked up in the second quarter, helped by household spending and robust exports as it overcame some of the uncertainty about the course and consequences of the conflict in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
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
His face went blank for a second, and then mortification overcame everything.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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Sly and the Family Stone’s message of overcoming prejudice and treating everyone with dignity, including ourselves, matches their steadfast dedication to making all their fans feel loved, especially children.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Researchers at Stanford Medicine and collaborating institutions have now developed a strategy aimed at overcoming those obstacles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Many of the great sports stories involve overcoming adversity, and Steiner has become a great sports story, which is still being written.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Still, Fofana says "small details" have helped him stay fit having broken his leg at Leicester before overcoming an ACL injury and hamstring surgery at Chelsea.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Although Swiss and Spanish infantry may be considered terrifying, nevertheless both have defects, so that a third kind of military organization could not only oppose them but also be confident of overcoming them.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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