overcome
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By controlling these effects separately, the researchers were able to overcome the usual conflict between creating more droplets and removing them quickly.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The team sought to overcome two major obstacles to understanding groundwater in the region: limited on-the-ground data and the extremely complex mountainous landscape.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
One resident in the central Iranian province of Khuzestan told the BBC the country has a long experience with sanctions, and will be able to overcome the additional economic pressure.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Yet to launch a preventive strike in 2007, the Israelis had to overcome the opposition of the George W. Bush State Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
It did not matter that fire and earth were the two things that she and her sisters could not withstand, would not overcome.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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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
The new Harvard device overcomes these limitations by being fully tunable.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 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
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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But after 54 hours of work and several timely pep talks, Claude overcame its skepticism—and its case of impostor syndrome— and surprised itself with the result.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
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
It said the school leaned on how applicants answered “hardship” questions — which ask students how they overcame disadvantages — as a proxy for race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Jane’s temper was not desponding, and she was gradually led to hope, though the diffidence of affection sometimes overcame the hope, that Bingley would return to Netherfield and answer every wish of her heart.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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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
It’s perhaps because Reynolds is so familiar with overcoming feelings of insecurity that she understood Alice so well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Taylor-Joy, who splits time between London and Los Angeles with her American musician husband, Malcolm McRae, talked about overcoming insomnia, greeting gorillas and meditating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
“How beautiful,” Pinmei breathed, her awe overcoming her shyness.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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