insurmountably
Americanadverb
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Though the two sides stood just yards apart, the ideological distance between them seemed insurmountably wide, and only grew more pronounced as the evening progressed.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023
“But for a neurodivergent employee, it can be insurmountably triggering and overwhelming.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
That is no slight; what even the club has come to call “93:20” set the bar insurmountably high.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2022
There are backstories of indispensable teammates, their sometimes inexplicable actions and the insurmountably toxic conflicts between the team’s key architect, General Manager Jerry Krause, and others, including Coach Phil Jackson and secondary superstar Scottie Pippen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
How he chafed and blasphemed inwardly at the invisible obstacle that insurmountably interposed, and with what a fiery sting of malice he connected the idea of his son with the fetters that bound him!
From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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