Example Sentences

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That’s because a gain of 9.1 percent is a high hurdle and, in any given month, it’s unlikely that the market will surmount it.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2023

But it is unclear how the space agency will surmount some formidable technical, political and financial challenges to pull off a lunar landing in just four and a half years.

From Nature • Jul. 7, 2019

Yet knowing who he is, seeing the person he’s becoming, I don’t doubt that he will surmount these, and other hurdles, with ease.

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2015

Although it’s impossible to know which technology will surmount silicon—and there’s good reason to believe it will be a combination of technologies rather than any one breakthrough—we can take a look at the contenders.

From Scientific American • May 2, 2015

Hedge.—This shows that through energy and perseverance you will surmount obstacles and carry all before you.

From Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves by Kent, Cicely