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overcome

[oh-ver-kuhm] / ˌoʊ vərˈkʌm /




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The 24-year-old has overcome her share of setbacks to achieve a historic haul of four European gold medals in a sensational seven days on home soil.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Bitcoin’s outlook depends on whether improving liquidity and institutional access can overcome regulatory delays and short-term exchange traded fund outflows, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

To overcome that limitation, Kelley and researchers from URochester, Brown University, and the University of Copenhagen used artificial intelligence.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

It’s a feeling Ron is overcome with in the moment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

But for the first time, Doha felt a terrible rage overcome him.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

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

"Our nanoparticle-based strategy overcomes these bottlenecks," said Professor Shi.

From Science Daily Jan. 28, 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

Olly: he’s a snob Madeline: But he overcomes it and eventually realizes that character matters more than class!

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

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

"Love you lots," wrote Fischer, who herself overcame cancer in 2024.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The team overcame this obstacle by creating genetically modified "orexin-Cre" rats.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 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

Pilar overcame the disgust that her miserable fate inspired in her.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

England have struggled to set this World Cup alight since overcoming Croatia 4-2 in their first group game.

From BBC Jul. 12, 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

The results suggest that future improvements depend primarily on advances in materials science rather than overcoming an unavoidable law of nature.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

“That isn’t overcoming cowardice! Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life, and in real life, I am not getting pecked to death by crows, Four!”

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth




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