as in to overcome
to achieve a victory over
an Olympic swimmer who surmounted endless obstacles to achieve her goals
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Recent Examples of surmount
But as long as money is changing hands, there is an invisible barrier between them and a power differential that can’t be surmounted.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
Nothing indicated that the removal credits Microsoft was snapping up were enough to cancel out these emissions, let alone surmount them.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
These unforeseen obstacles were in addition to the more standard challenges a team must surmount over the course of a season, like missing players to red card suspensions — but even then, Racing was forced to hold a tough hand.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
But the eye-watering stake only led to 18 sales, averaging out at $1,500 each, surmounting to only $27,000.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
Nothing indicated that the removal credits Microsoft was snapping up were enough to cancel out these emissions, let alone surmount them.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
These unforeseen obstacles were in addition to the more standard challenges a team must surmount over the course of a season, like missing players to red card suspensions — but even then, Racing was forced to hold a tough hand.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
But the eye-watering stake only led to 18 sales, averaging out at $1,500 each, surmounting to only $27,000.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surmount
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Freshman Anthony Ali Nayab scored six of his nine points in the fourth quarter, including a pair of game-clinching free throws with 25 seconds to play, and Cathedral Catholic overcame an 11-point deficit and edged Mira Mesa 47-45 on Tuesday night in a key Western League game.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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The researchers do note that Veronika’s environment may have played a role in her skillful use of a tool to overcome limitations.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The Lancers took a step in the right direction Friday night, coming from behind to defeat La Jolla Country Day 52-39 on the Torreys’ floor in the Coastal League opener for both teams.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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In the main event of SmackDown, Trick Williams defeated Damian Priest by DQ after provoking Sami Zayn.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The Cowboys have mastered the art of entertaining and interesting better than any sports franchise in the world, but there is a redundancy that to the person who spends a lot of their money on it is justifiably checked out.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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At the sound level, our engineer is a guy who makes all the greatest dance music in the Latin world right now [Josh Gudwin is the records’ mixing engineer and Dale Becker mastering engineer].—
Leonor C. Suárez,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan. 2026
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Skinny Pedro had conquered for each man in the camp the sacred right to choose how to confront his own death.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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That, plus some Sunday morning news interviews and a shot at conquering Cuba, and all for the bargain basement price of one soul.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2026
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Saman said some of the wounded who were hospitalized, including one of his friends who was shot in his calf, were then taken into custody by the regime's forces.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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These recommendations are based, in part, on studies that have found higher relapse rates among those who stop taking the medication versus those who do not.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Surmount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surmount. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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