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Example sentences for: overcome

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But Dole and his advisers have also sought to turn the toughness that enabled Dole to overcome his injury into an asset, the counterpoint to the Bush "wimp" image that is the other side of the deeply personal contest between the two men.
We have also demonstrated that TGF-β1 is able to partially overcome the inhibition of new matrix synthesis by IL-1β in cultured chondrocytes.
If successful, this approach may overcome most of the obstacles presented by gene therapy.
If anything, the director seems to have suffered from a surfeit of dignity, proving too proud to overcome the loss of a powerful patron and a couple of ambitious flops.
Among various hyperbolic editorials in the European press, Le Monde of Paris appealed Tuesday to a reluctant Britain to overcome its fears about loss of sovereignty and to join the single currency.