overborne

variants also overborn
past participle of overbear

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overborne
Verb
  • But to restore the city’s community gathering place, Sunrise Mall must overcome a wary economy and consumers’ disinterest in brick-and-mortar retail.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In the 2023 season, however, the Panthers stunned the Eagles in a regional semifinal playoff game, overcoming a 10-point deficit in the final five minutes.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a stunner, Hollis defeated Morgan Pope to win Part 3 of the three-part HOH competition.
    Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Viktor Hovland, who had defeated Henley and Scheffler alongside teammate Robert MacIntyre with a 1-up score, was ruled out of the four-ball due to a neck injury.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger conquered DWTS season 10 with Derek Hough, and she's been unstoppable ever since.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Sep. 2025
  • But the filming may have started way before the Eras Tour conquered the globe.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There was a widespread expectation that Fidel Castro’s socialist experiment might soon join the statues of Marx and Lenin being dispatched to the ash heap of history.
    Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Each course is dispatched from a different stall downstairs.
    Clarissa Wei, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mamdani, who, at age 33, would be the city’s youngest and most liberal mayor in generations if elected, beat Cuomo decisively in the Democratic primary by campaigning on a promise try to lower the cost of living in one of the world’s most expensive cities.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The next day, Ashley Hollis, a 25-year-old attorney, beat 34-year-old Vince Panaro in Part 2 to punch her ticket to Part 3.
    Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With 2020’s roguelike Hades, Supergiant Games mastered the hypnotic allure of the live-die-repeat cycle by making every attempt have meaning.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Bryant formed one of the elite QB/WR duos with Tony Romo, as the two mastered the back shoulder fade.
    Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Investors 'on the fence' In its September European Fund Managers Survey — which polled 196 panelists who collectively manage assets worth $490 billion — Bank of America found that investor confidence in Europe had taken a hit.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But chants should not necessarily be taken literally.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Overborne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overborne. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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