surmount
verb (used with object)
to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over.
had surmounted
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past perfectof surmount.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She had surmounted one of the biggest obstacles housing officials say exists to using the voucher: getting a landlord to agree to rent to you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
His team had surmounted a key obstacle in looking for receptors that the Covid-causing virus could attack.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2022
To expand its own range of feelings from the worst to the best, Virginia had surmounted even a team like that.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2019
Still, she had surmounted serious differences with Trump’s two predecessors, George W. Bush and Obama, and became close partners with both.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2018
Of little consequence now were the dangers he had encountered, the annoyances which had beset him, the difficulties he had surmounted.
From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by John Algernon Owens
