surmount

Example Sentences

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Sometimes, even the best-laid plans can’t surmount a brick wall.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

When Franklin Roosevelt signed the law creating the Federal Housing Administration in 1934, the country’s political class, or most of it, assumed the government could surmount any problem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Neither actor really tries to surmount their 20-year age gap.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

That’s precisely why I forced myself to surmount my anxiety on the second day of Lollapalooza when we were slated to see the Chilis.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2024

Unable to surmount these obstacles, most will eventually return to prison and then be released again, caught in a closed circuit of perpetual marginality.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander