overcoming
Example Sentences
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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
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
England have struggled to set this World Cup alight since overcoming Croatia 4-2 in their first group game.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are on track to finish the week higher, overcoming a choppy stretch after the U.S. and Iran resumed attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
I have offended him, I thought, panic overcoming me.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
