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is overcoming

  • present progressive
    of overcome (3rd person singular).
    overcome
    verb (used with object)
    to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat.

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One key to bracing for a potential layoff is overcoming the paralysis that tends to grip us when we sense trouble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

Within those figures, two-year waits have become a key test of whether the Welsh government is overcoming the shock of Covid.

From BBC ● May 22, 2025

Opponents contend the slow-growth measure would slam on the brakes, just as the city is overcoming decades of construction inertia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

The developments indicate the Chinese tech giant is overcoming Washington's export controls, which since 2019 have barred it from obtaining components and technology from U.S. firms without approval.

From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2023

You and I are unfortunate: age is overcoming me and sickness you.

From Plays by Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky