Example Sentences

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But he noted that attendance was in line with what other opera houses across the country were seeing these days, and that there were signs that the company was overcoming its recent setbacks.

From New York Times • May 12, 2023

Luxembourg's prime minister, Xavier Bettel, spoke against financing walls, saying Europe's heritage was overcoming divisions after World War Two and eventually creating a 27-country zone where travellers can cross borders without checks.

From Reuters • Feb. 9, 2023

In Kayunga district, the headquarters of a widening larvae farming program in central Uganda, an early challenge was overcoming farmers’ skepticism about the viability of maggots.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

The couple's earthbound nuptials were twice cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, and it was overcoming the obstacle that their winning photo represented.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2021

And he had overcome it,—or was overcoming it,—when that other barrier gradually presented itself, and loomed day by day terribly large before his affrighted eyes.

From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony