as in to overcome
to achieve a victory over
that year the football team simply overbore opponent after opponent with steamroller ruthlessness
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Recent Examples of overbear
As the Auberge Collection portfolio's flagship, this stay amply delivers on its promise of luxury, with stunning grounds, immaculate rooms, a positively excellent restaurant and spa, as well as intuitive, never overbearing service.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
Saddled with much of the dramatic heavy lifting, the score is overbearing partly out of necessity.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
Nonetheless, the charmless and overbearing Donovan wins over the ballet company’s board, with only dance instructor Olivia (Celestine Rae) and Harris voting against it.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Even independent dramatic features made without overbearing producers are often directed no more originally than ones made for TV.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
Saddled with much of the dramatic heavy lifting, the score is overbearing partly out of necessity.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
Nonetheless, the charmless and overbearing Donovan wins over the ballet company’s board, with only dance instructor Olivia (Celestine Rae) and Harris voting against it.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Even independent dramatic features made without overbearing producers are often directed no more originally than ones made for TV.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overbear
Verb
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Everyone has a personal obstacle, but not everyone can overcome and survive those obstacles.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
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Over time, however, your pancreas may no longer be able to produce enough insulin to overcome insulin resistance.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
Verb
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The food, beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, and agribusiness lobbies do not need to defeat MAHA in public debate.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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But environmentalists and other stakeholders said giving too many concessions to fossil fuel interests would defeat the program’s purpose, which is to drive down emissions along a pathway consistent with what scientists say could preserve a recognizable climate.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
Verb
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How humans write, speak, code and compose was easily scraped off the internet, but the bots need more information to master how to stand, step, lift, squeeze, pour and perform other physical movements.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Between Luxury Storytelling and Fast Fashion Scale Luxury brands have long mastered the art of cultural storytelling but often remain constrained by accessibility and scale.—
Esade Business & Law School,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Now, events take place in big cities, suburbs and small towns around the world.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Guests at the villas can take full advantage of the resort facilities with free shuttle transfers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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This was a record turnaround among SpaceX launches from Space Coast launch pads at 2 hours and 54 minutes besting October’s double launch that saw a Falcon 9 launch at CCSFS just eight hours, 42 minutes after a Falcon Heavy launch at KSC.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2026
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Whitfield argues that calculating a single ground-state energy value was never where quantum computers were expected to best their classical counterparts.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
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Supposedly the poem was inspired by a peyote-vision where the edifice of San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel was transformed into a hideous, twisted, demonic visage, which inspired the beating heart of Howl’s second section.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Matt Olson’s solo home run in the sixth inning proved to be the difference Tuesday as the Braves beat the visiting Blue Jays 4-3 at Truist Park, beginning the three-game series with their 15th series-opening victory of the season.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
3 June 2026
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In Sunday’s Rolex Grand Prix at the CSIO Piazza di Siena in Rome, it could have been argued that only a Roman, actually, can understand Rome – or at the very least, how to conquer its show jumping crown jewel.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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There’s a big frontier out there to conquer, and Courseau is now enough of a cowboy to rope it, brand it, and ride it into the sunset.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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His entourage subdued Sirhan as a teenage busboy cradled the injured Kennedy.—
Sophia Zhang,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 May 2026
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The employees subdued Scott in the parking lot and held him down until police arrived.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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“Overbear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbear. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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